Just Add Worms
It certainly seems a long time ago that I very nervously set off for my first day of work as a junior clerk in a Chartered Accountants office in my home town of Otorohanga. After leaving school my Dad who was a successful dairy farmer bluntly advised me ” don’t be a farmer boy you’re
Obviously firstly I would have to say … “get yourself a tui feeder” however there are other ways which include planting nectar bearing trees like kowhai, bottle brush, banksia or native flaxes to name just a few. Alternatively you could simply put out a bowl of sugared water but it needs to be under cover
Our tui feeders can be viewed here ….. Much to the delight of local tui the Taiwanese Cherry tree in our garden is once again show casing the arrival of spring with a beautiful display of blossoms. During the last few weeks I’ve taken “a little” time out, can’t say how much as I’m supposed
Now that we are well into autumn there’s less to do in the vegetable garden and I have more time to relax and take in the ever changing textures and colours of the season.
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
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
Over the last year as I blogged about birds, worms and bees I often imagined how much easier it would be if I had a good video camera. No longer would I need to take 30 or 40 still shots to get the images I needed for my next post. After frustrating almost every camera
These new buds on one of the plum trees that I pruned about 3 weeks back signal that spring is near. As I am an avid photographer I’m always on the lookout for that great shot so one rainy morning last week I downed my tools, grabbed the camera and went wandering in the garden.
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