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trees nearby and perching on our fences and hedges and flying in front of the windows. I've never seen so many birds, and we have a box of a garden and don't have a feeder, bird table or even a little pond for them to splash about in. But... we do have a

't checked the bird boxes yet!! And talking of birds, they are one possible method of green-disposal! Also, did you know that apparently all British snail are edible? (revenge or what) Are they really edible?? I have got lots in my small garden. Does anyone

for them, to keep them in your garden. I cleaned out the nest boxes recently to get rid of fleas and other unwelcome visitors for our birds. I felt very tempted to line the bottom of the box with something warm - like fleece (synthetic). However, I didn

The temperatures might have dropped a bit this week, but that doesn't seem to have slowed down the onset of spring. We have a pair of blue tits setting up home in one of our bird boxes in the garden and the frogs are having a high old time

are not reading this, dear daughter or you will have no surprises for Christmas! The folding wheelbarrow sounds like a solution to my storage problems! May I ask where you found it? Thank you. I think bird feeders and nesting boxes make wonderfull presents

drier which is near my kitchen window so I can happily watch all the birds. I give them peanuts, sunflower hearts, mealworms,suet and cereal cakes and fat balls.I live near a stream so get a wide variety of birds in-robins,tits,sparrows,nut hatch

I am so happy to report that I've had Goldfinches in my garden, after 5 years of trying to entice the more exotic birds, like bullfinches and goldfinches. Over the past three days I have seen pairs of Goldfinches, greenfinches (another wow factor

's no nice way to do this, you are upsetting the balance of nature by feeding the birds in the first place. I've swapped my bird tables for nesting boxes and organic gardening so I can still enjoy the wildlife without too much interfering. Perhaps, phase out

in turns to carry small grubs? into box today.The box is on the side of our shed which is next to a wisteria,birds are using the branches as staircase up to the box. We also have plenty of shrubs a few trees ,apple, plum, pear and crab apple.we put out nut

I would be bowled over at the sight of a sparrowhawk in the garden!! Was honoured by visits from a kestrel in the past.Now am lucky to see birds at all due to the increase in domestic cats and am concerned that the bird feeders are luring them