This morning called on Henry Street for the wild flower plants which I duly planted once back home.
Ideal conditions for planting at the moment.
Started the annual job of emptying the 2014 compost bin for spreading on the garden. Some pretty good stuff once again produced. No hibernating frogs or snakes this year but plenty of insects.
Noticed water was leaking around the pond liner where it was cut some 15 years ago to allow a hosta to grow without restriction. Thought best to plug the area with cement powder which could self harden and so plug this area. The hosta is well established so no harm would be done.
Could not have imagined what I experienced as I started on this job, half a dozen frogs jumped out of this tear in the liner. Clearly been hibernating in this area which is why the liner was damaged but hey this is good news. I have frogs in the pond. I of course did not proceed with the plugging, what else could be living there?
Spent some time in the hide again late this afternoon and delighted to see the goldcrest again. The big surprise was seeing the male great spotted on the feeder in this area. Have never before seen woody in this area of the garden. Have I now two pairs in the garden?
Female sparrowhawk very busy today, off and on was about all day with just one kill, a blue tit.
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