I discovered that the path from the carpark to my plot has a natural spring beneath it and because of that the path is treacherous. I managed to slip and land on my behind more than once right outside my neighbours plot - I'm sure I've given them a few chuckles lol.
Since we last met I bought a shed for my new plot and I got a load of slabs from a friend so Mr L has been busy this weekend laying the slabs ready for my shed to be put up next week. I'm so excited to get myself established after what feels like forever!
I've also got plenty of new plants for my pond. I've been buying smaller plants which don't give the impact but are certainly more affordable which means I have been able to buy more. I've primarily used The Manic Botanic, an Amazon Shop, and I've been happy with the quality of the products. They come bare-rooted, usually in a plastic bag inside a well packaged box. I've had some ornamental grass, oxygenating weed and various marginals. I'm really looking forwards to them taking off. I also learnt that if you don't pot your pond plants with hessian and gravel then when you leave your plants for a few weeks you'll come back to them being bare rooted again! That's been fixed now with a length of hessian that I've cut into squares and put under the pond compost. I'm hoping that will fix the problem and I managed to get a small bag of grit from the local garden centre for just £2
I've installed a solar pump which, so far I'm impressed with. I have put the solar panel on top of my (new) bird feeding station and run the wire down the post and into the pond. The fountain is small but does the job and I'm hopeful that it will help keep the pond clear. There is another pond at the bottom of my path, which has loads of frogs in it. I'm hoping that some of the frogs might make their way up the path but if not I will be acquiring some of the frog spawn that will appear in the next week or so.
As mentioned I've also got a bird feeding station, which I've positioned next to my pond and in front of my shed. Since I started this blog I have mentioned Richard Jackson's flower power a few times; I've also tried out Richard Jacksons wild bird feed. I have been impressed with the quality of the feed. The bird food includes sunflower hearts, naked oats, red dari, red millet, kibbled peanuts, canary seeds, white dari, suet pellets, hempseed, nyger seed, Japanese millet and oyster grit. It's a really high energy feed and so far I've been surprised at the lack of wastage around the bottom of the feeder. The pack also comes with fruit balls (like fat balls but nicer!), they are made of ground wheat, calcium carbonate, beef tallow, wheat flour, wheat, red dari, black oats, sunflower seeds. They smell lovely and the birds can't get enough of them.
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