Just Add Worms
Whilst working in my workshop this afternoon my ears pricked up when I heard NewstalkZB talk back host Danny Watson announced that it was tech Tuesday. Tech Tuesday is an opportunity for ZB listeners to tell the rest of New Zealand about their new projects and bright ideas. During my younger years I would ring
At long last I’ve been able to record the Tuis feeding in our garden. My video camera has been sitting idle and gathering dust for many years so my movie making skills are a little rusty. On my last outing with the old Sony, about 10 years back I fell into the Rangataiki river whilst
Rose says I spend so much time in the vegetable garden that next I’ ll be taking the kitchen sink out there. Well guess what, that’s just what I’ve done! When I spotted this sink on Trade Me a few weeks back I immediately began to visualize it on a stand in a corner of
Celebrations are the order of the day as I’ve spotted a Tui feeding from the prototype liquid bird feeder I made several months back. Actually to keep the record straight I didn’t notice the Tui feeding until Steve from Eden Garden Care pointed it out to me. At the time he and his wife Suzanne
As mentioned in a previous post the bird feeders we have located around our garden attract various types of birds but I’ve not seen native birds using them. Several weeks ago after purchasing a conventional feeder a client suggested that I should make an automatic version for birds such as Tui, Wood Pigeon, Fantail, Silver
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