HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY
24th April 2017
Raking the moss from the grass is hard and slow work
but progressing. The seemingly massive mountains of
scraped-up moss burns well so not so difficult to
dispose of. We’ve found fireblight in one of the five
pyracantha bushes growing to replace the leylandii
and tried cutting it out - also burned on the bonfire.
We pulled the red onions
growing in this bed and they are
very disappointing, no nice big
globes for use in cooking, more
like fat spring onions. Roast well
though!
Now the protection from rabbits
is better we’ve built a structure
for beans and peas all grown
from seed, in fact the beans are
from seeds picked and dried
from last year’s crop. Rabbits
are one thing, slugs and snails
another. Right now it is
exceptionally dry here at
Morwell but we are still
watchful for the slimy beasts!
No sign of the two varieties of
potato in the other bed yet, we
keep watering hopefully.
There are many visitors to the
bird feeders, right now we have
two male pheasants who have
been garden visitors for months
and come to clean up the seed
dropped from the feeders by the
other birds. They have sorted
their territories - one has the
south end of the garden and the
other the north.
This Greater Spotted
Woodpecker isn’t a common
visitor, and very camera shy but
loves both the peanuts and the
fat balls. The other birds tend to
stay back when he’s around.
Also this year we have house
sparrows in one of the nesting
boxes. Hardly ever see sparrows
here. The swallows though are
back in residence in the garage.
