My self-appointed labourers (daughter & partner) have been working their socks off.
In the last 2 days they have removed the remains of a big pussy willow with 5 trunks, 2 smaller pussy willow stumps in my bog garden that nevertheless put up a good fight and the aged stump of a large, dead ash tree.
The garden looks quite different now, and the separate areas link much more smoothly. I have some clearing to do, but there will be more planting opportunities. The ash tree has left a large hole that needs to be filled though, and they are going to build a new retaining wall along the bank as there is a big drop where the trunk was
No squirrels or parakeets here @B3 but very pleased the newly arrived woodpecker has now visited at least once and sometimes 2 or 3 times a day since she came and is getting the hang of the fat ball feeders
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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There are woodpeckers about but I can't see how I can outwit squirrels and parakeets while allowing woodpeckers access.. You can't please everyone and anyway, goldfinches are really busy so I assume they have a brood.. Pregnant couples have priority
Youngest daughter (pregnant) moved yesterday 4 miles away and 10 minutes by car
RTBC,not having to do anymore 80 round trips collecting stuff! Paid for removers and van,but they of course are expensive. Last house had fridge freezer,not this one. Hubby said he wasn't driving a huge lorry at his age Plus she's got a 3 storey Victorian town house...4 flights of stairs,no way are we young or fit enough to get beds up there. So they coated the big items to leave enough money to buy the fridge freezer
There are woodpeckers about but I can't see how I can outwit squirrels and parakeets while allowing woodpeckers access.
I keep the squirrels away with a clear plastic dome that the fat feeder hangs from. Can't entirely keep the parakeets away, but scaring them off with a water jet from the hose, works for a while.
We had a lovely week with our son from York and his family, meeting the 21-month toddler for the first time. He's a hoot - one of his favourite activities is putting toys away... that and having "Stick Man" read to him ad nauseam.
We all spent some time with our daughter, who lives in Galway, and her family. The day after we'd done so, their 8-year-old daughter tested positive for Covid, and now all 4 of them have it. However, it's 8 days since we saw them all and none of the rest of us seem to have picked it up... if that continues it's definitely a RTBC.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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No squirrels or parakeets here @B3 but very pleased the newly arrived woodpecker has now visited at least once and sometimes 2 or 3 times a day since she came and is getting the hang of the fat ball feeders
Plus she's got a 3 storey Victorian town house...4 flights of stairs,no way are we young or fit enough to get beds up there. So they coated the big items to leave enough money to buy the fridge freezer
We all spent some time with our daughter, who lives in Galway, and her family. The day after we'd done so, their 8-year-old daughter tested positive for Covid, and now all 4 of them have it. However, it's 8 days since we saw them all and none of the rest of us seem to have picked it up... if that continues it's definitely a RTBC.