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 [...]
Where have all the tui gone ? Long time passing Where have all the tui gone ? Long time ago Where have all the tui 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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Back on the 2nd May I made a comment that I thought the 12 or so Monarch chrysalis’s on our front deck would probably not survive due to the onset of winter. Over the last six weeks their colour hadn’t changed significantly plus recently we had a couple of severe frosts so I assumed they [...]
One of the highlights of the Queens Birthday long weekend besides celebrating my birthday was some time I spent engaged in boisterous banter with some friendly Tuis. Monday was a holiday but never the less I was up early as a busy day had been planed. For some months now I’ve been wanting to erect [...]
Every summer we look forward to a visit from our very special friends the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus). It’s like they’ve become a part of our family. About three weeks ago I indicated in a previous post that all was not well as the developing caterpillars were being wiped out by a plague of Australian [...]
This morning as I wandered out to check the vegetable garden, now a morning ritual, I spotted a most unusual visitor on one of the seats on our front deck. First thought was to grab the camera but upon closer inspection I could see that the dragonfly was going no where. It was dead, no [...]
Recently someone asked me what type of birds are likely to use this style of feeder? Even though I’ve been making these bird feeders for some years now I’ve never given much thought as to what birds species frequented them. When I designed the first prototype I was looking for an easy and environmentally friendly [...]
