A few days back whilst toiling away in my workshop I spotted two kereru or wood pigeons land in a gleditsia tree about 35 metres down the back lawn. At the time I was busy making up tui feeder orders so decided to admire them from a distance and continue with my work.
This was never [...]
During these cold winter months there’s not a lot one can do in the veggie garden so I have a little more time to devote to new products and ideas.
This upside down suet feeder is the latest and it proved to be a big hit within ten minutes of me hanging in this tree adjacent [...]
Are you fed up with all the spills and mess you make when refilling your tui feeder? If the answer is yes read on as this will brighten your day.
I’ve stop counting the number of times I’ve refilled the 3 feeders we have about the place but the thought has often occurred to me that [...]
Often when people buy bird houses they ask as to when they should put them up. To this my standard reply is, as soon as you can. No point in storing it your garage even if unlike myself you do have the space.
Seriously though the best time to put up nesting boxes has to be [...]
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that winter is not my favourite season as it hampers me in what I enjoy doing most, growing prize vegetables and working on my many outdoor projects. In my younger days it was a magical time of year as I would load up my skis and head [...]
Do you ever wonder where all the bees have gone? It’ s no easy task to find bees whereas not many years back they were everywhere plying their all important trade.
I can remember many an occasion when one of our children would come storming into the house hollering that they had trodden on a bee [...]
Where have all the tuis gone ?
Long time passing
Where have all the tuis gone ?
Long time ago
Where have all the tuis gone ?
Daily I fed them every one
When will they ever return ?
When will they ever return ?
I’ve changed the words a little of this great Pete Seeger classic.
For about the last six weeks [...]
Back in March when I erected the first tui feeder in our back garden little did I imagine how popular this product would become. As the orders steadily increased I have refined my manufacturing process so that they can be made quickly whilst retaining A1 quality. This is very important to me therefore every feeder [...]
Over the last month I’ve been thinking about designing a feeder that would cater for more of the birds that visit our garden.
Based on current sales the most popular bird feeder we sell is the standard 1.5 litre tui feeder but it has limitations as it only offers sweetened water. Don’t get me wrong, I [...]
Several days ago I made mention of how nice it was to see the remaining monarch butterflies finally emerging from their chrysalis’s.
My pleasure proved to be very short lived however as the following day the monarch that had been preparing to fly off into the big blue yonder was no more, sadly “it was dead”.
My [...]
