Since launching the deluxe two way tui feeder in October of 2011 it has become our most popular model therefore I wanted to post this video showing tui and others birds enjoying one that hangs in our front garden. With the festive season a little over seven weeks away now is an ideal time to [...]
Often we get feedback from clients from all parts of New Zealand but its hard to beat the enthusiasm of Pat and Di who have a lovely home situated in a picturesque cul de sac in Bayview on Auckland’s Northshore. On my first visit I was amazed at the large number of tui they had [...]
The idea of making a bird feeder from an empty Just Juice bottle occurred to me on a wet Saturday afternoon as I was disposing of “our plastics” in the recycling bin. Plastic is one of my pet hates therefore I’m often thinking of other ways that it can be put to good use. I [...]
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 [...]
This post should have hit the blogosphere 3 weeks ago but things have been rather hectic of late so I’m running “a little” behind schedule. The chickens or as I should rightly call them now “the pullets” are nine weeks old and thriving in their new digs. So luxurious that even I was tempted to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If your enjoy watching the birds as I do you probably wonder what is the easiest way to attract more of them. Recently I made some suet feeders to do just that and was amazed by the numbers of birds that turned up to check them out. As its winter these guys are hungry but [...]
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 [...]
