Come Back Peter, Come Back Paul

Ok, so the bird table wasn't a huge success - not a single bird landed on it, that I was aware of anyway. So my dad said I needed to hang feeders from it...as it wasn't that secure in the ground I thought it best that I invest in feeder station.

This one was £10 bargain from Aldi the other week and I finally got around to putting it up today.

Bring on the birds!

Big Garden Birdwatch

At last, it is a nice dry day, though the ground is still quite hard from the frost at least I got out there today and had a chance to tidy up and cut back a few plants.

I feel spring is just around the corner and can't wait to decide which seeds to sow and pop in the greenhouse so by summer the garden will be full of colour and beautiful flowers.

The free seeds are being given away again with Amateur Gardening magazine after their winter hiatus so I have a nice collection now to choose from.

I also sat for an hour earlier to see how many birds I could spot for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch. It was very quiet in my garden but I did spot a few wood pigeons, a couple of blackbirds, a song thrush and believe it or not a heron! Hoping there is a space on their website for 'other' so I can log that.

Bev x

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Mini Gardens

Winter is not an ideal time to get stuck in to the garden.
It's frosty, cold, so you can't really do much...so why not have a go at making a teeny tiny garden.

Check out this Etsy video that shows you how.

Not sure I have giant light bulbs hanging around though...may have to get creative with something else. Scour those charity shops for exciting glass containers and get to it!

Bev
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We Love Alys...

Josie and I both love Alys Fowler. It was her TV series 'The Edible Garden' that inspired me to turn my 'jungle' in to a pleasant area to sit and grow my own.

It has been really enjoyable learning about gardening and her books are inspiring, so check them out. You can see her in action here on this Guardian site too.

I am also amazed at how my sweet pea is still going strong and it is the 1st of November today! What a hardy plant.



Enjoy your autumnal tidyings fellow gardeners.

Bev
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Year Round Gardening

Josie and I have been busy tidying up in our gardens.

I decided the front garden needed a good sorting out and have installed a rockery. 5 plants for a fiver from B&Q and a few from Morrisons, cheap value pebbles and et voila! One rockery.




Josie has been pruning away thanks to a demo we had at Myerscough the other week and hopes that will be the last time she has had to mow the lawn until spring.

Myerscough College

Josie and I went over to Myerscough today to do a 1 day course - 'Grown Your Own Fruit & Vegetables' and marvellous it was too.

We learnt a lot and will be putting a lot of ideas in to practice.

We discovered what to grow all year round, what to plant with what, how to store and collect our own seeds.

The grounds are lovely but we were a little disheartened to discover the allotment area was in a state of neglect. A real shame as Josie pointed out the vegetables could easily be used in the kitchen for the students.

But we did grab info on some more short courses, click here for more details.