I love feeding the birds. I often lose hours at a time, admiring the different varieties and listening to their beautiful song as they visit my garden. However, I am aware that many people choose not to feed our feathered friends for fear of attracting rodents. If bird feeders do attract mice and rats is … Read more
Are you struggling with squirrels eating the bird seed in your garden? You’re certainly not alone. As soon as you have set up a bird feeder, it can seem like you’ve managed to attract just as many squirrels as you have birds! However, not all is lost. A bit of patience and some trial and … Read more
I need to set the scene, smallish garden, obviously well kept and tended with love. Voluptuous beds, hardy perennials that flourish, pretty borders so alive with colour and inviting to the bees. Pots on the patio, ransacked and surrounded by mud. Onions and garlic in the vegetable patch dug up and destroyed. The bird feeding … Read more
Picture the scene. You’ve been hard at it for hours, cleaning the patio, mowing the lawns, weeding the borders and trimming the hedges. Once everything looks in tip top condition you replenish the bird feeders and finally sit down in the shade to admire the fruits of your labour. Bliss. Suddenly you hear the most … Read more
There’s something so adorable about those big brown eyed, bushy tailed squirrels you see in the park, jumping from tree to tree and chewing on the foraged nuts and acorns they gather. Not so adorable when they invade your garden and dig up your prized bulbs and lawn, worse still, invade your loft space and … Read more