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Euan Buchan

Euan Buchan

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My garden is wildlife friendly I have 3 feeders 1 nestbox, 1 nest pocket,birdbath and a dangling acorn feeder. The tree that has my bath is my magic tree (well it is 2 me) also has a discoball so that it can sparkle into the kitchen so far no luck with pond my mum still says no she doesn't like garden gnomes so I have a few plastic birds a owl, goose,pigeon and duck n so that is my garden. whats yours like;)
 
I'm with your mum on the gnomes I'm afraid, Euan. I know Bill likes them, but they do nothing for me.

I've never come across a "magic tree" before, until I saw Bill's on TV the other week. Good luck with yours!
 
Show me your gnome and I will show you my blunderbust!!! There are one or two in ours and I hate them, shame one is plastic and refuses to break when I knock it over accidentially!!

I have three feeders around one of the fir trees with one being a block feeder for fat blocks (DIY). There is another feeder behind the potting shed in the orchard which we watch from our arbour (getting all posh now!). There is a coconut feeder placed on the wall in the front garden too and another on the washing line post in front of the kitchen window. I have plans to find a great looking piece of birch trunk (on the ground not off a tree) and put an eye hook in the top and drill out big holes to fill with nutty fat mixture and hang it up. Would look a treat, nice and natural.
 
hi euan
we have a gnome free garden, but 4 hanging feeders, 2 tables,
and 2 plastic water trays,+ 4 nest boxes 2 small holed for tits
2 open fronted hopefuly robins will use. good luck with the tree.
bert
 
My son lives next door and he has 2 Garden gnomes. One has a red hat and the other is swinging on a rope swing hung from a shepard's hook. Those garden gnomes are spooky and I feel like they are looking at me all the time. I try to make friends and always give the swing a push or two,but I still think they are looking at me and might be up to no good. I hope your mum will let you have at least one soon:)
 
Just been relaxin in my garden n hearing little chicks (theyre everywere I saw a baby Blue Tit yesterday my Great Tits r still in the nestbox and the Blackbird n House Sparrow r still in the nearby bush. Mum still said no I suggued we get a pond cus usually bout this time we get a frog hoping on our lawn (mebe ill b sneaky n build it lol);)
 
Get a stick o' dynamite and blow a hole in the night when Mum's asleep then she wakes up to find the rain has filled it in already. That's this Thurs/Friday when the thunderstorms have been forcast for!!
 
Part of my back yard was inspired by a book called The Sanctuary Garden by Christopher and Tricia McDowell (pub. Simon and Shuster). I have a half an acre and the back yard is bordered by forest at the rear. I have a deck on the back of the house and have followed the book in including water, wood, stone, metal, seating, and garden art (no gnomes). There is a copper trellis entrance way and a little stone path. A yellow honeysuckle is climbing the trellis. There is an artificial stream (15 ft) for the birds to splash in. I have planted viburnum and honeysuckle mainly. I am feeding fruit, nyjer, and hummingbird nectar right now. In fall, I will put out more seed. My main birds are cardinals, robins, titmice, black capped chickadees, woodpeckers, catbirds, hummingbirds, and goldfinches. There is also a variety of sparrows and finches (house and purple). I live in south central Pennsylvania and have a tremendous variety of weather conditions throughout the year.
 
Euan.

It might be down to how you phrase the question. Your mum might be persuaded to have a pond if you call it a 'water feature' - due to all those TV garden make-overs they've become very popular. If you offer to build it you can foresake stainless steel or glass stumps with underground pumps for a classic wildlife pond.

Dave
 
Hi Euan. I have a small yard .walls all round . there is a overgrown rosebush hanging overthe bottom wall.I have two washing lines with 14 feeders on them and a small bird table 5 bird boxes on the house and walls . It costs alot to keep them full but its worth ervery penny.Ken
 
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