Just Add Worms
Over the last few months I’ve received a number of phone calls from customers asking where certain components fit on to the deluxe tui feeder. After having designed the product and consequently spent days, weeks and months making them up its all run of the mill but what I take for granted is sometimes not
Each week as I pack up our tui feeders for dispatch I wonder if those receiving them will have any difficulty setting them up in their gardens. Having worked in the furniture trade off and on for many years I can turn my hand to most things however I’m aware that some people can not.
Little did I know how this garden blog would evolve as I struggled to find words for the first post on that sunny February morning back in 2009. At the time I really didn’t know where to start. The intention was to keep a record of my garden and to make it available for anyone
Each working week my days are mostly taken up with the making of tui feeders whilst tuning in to Leighton Smith mornings on Newstalk ZB. Much of what I do is repetitious so radio talk back breaks the monotony and helps to keep me informed with whats happening in the world. If I’m going to
Tui ( prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) are endemic “native and unique” to New Zealand. They are found on the three main islands and belong to the honey eater family. Tui are a fully protected in New Zealand. The name Tui is derived from the Maori language with the plural being simply tui. Europeans who first colonised New
It was mid May last year when I wrote about the tui returning to our garden and how pleased we were to see them. This year they’re gracing our garden six weeks earlier than expected which is a real bonus and as always we’re delighted to see them. It was early morning about ten days
The above photo shows the latest addition to our very popular range of tui feeders. We have one just like this adjacent to the deck that leads off from our family room as it offers us a great view of all the birds that come and go, especially the tui. From time to time customers
Wow … how quickly time passes when you’re just relaxing. Seems just like yesterday that we were finalising the last of the December orders and preparing to take time out. We hope you’ve had an enjoyable and refreshing break as we have and that you are looking forward to the challenges and rewards that are
Our blog has been some what neglected of late as we’ve been frantically busy getting all the December orders made up to be delivered in time for Christmas. This has meant my blogging and garden have taken a back seat. One morning last week I even dragged myself out of bed at 4.30 so as
Even though I’ve lived in Auckland for almost 40 years I’ve never visited any of the off shore islands so when I was invited to check out “Tiri” about 4 weeks ago I jumped at the chance. Brian a friend of mine from Forest & Bird was keen to get back to the island with