Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Families...



The inside of my shed is a coveted space I've learned this spring.

First signs where the newly build nests..... outside the shed as well as inside it.

first signs - outside
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Prime real estate, appearantly.
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Then the nest contained 5 eggs, which all came out.

I have renters now.
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A family of "White Wagtails"


I have 7 little souls living in the shed now. I try to stay out of their way as much as possible.
Yesterday I needed a few hours though... they stay away as soon as I enter the allotment. Because I've stayed that long yesterday, they started to fly overhead and scream at me. I left ;-)

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From the car I could see them re-enter and feed their kids.

According to the wiki, they are territorial. I hope they come back next year.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Overachiever.............

I'm not. It's been a while ........

But my blackberry truely is this year. It was flowering with a fury about a month ago........

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It's FULL of berries slowly developing now.

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and still flowering. It blows my mind.
You'll sometimes see plants doing this in their last attempt to survive. But my blackberry is preparing for next year at the same time....

"front" - eastside

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"back" - westside

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Actually, I have the buckets ready to harvest them, I can't wait.