Its still pretty chilly...sorry I'll stop whingeing...(how lucky are we to have such wonderful problems like "our grass wont grow" & "what paddock shall we fertilise first?").
...but there are finally signs that nature is getting on with springtime...whatever the weather!
How excited was I last Friday when on a mission to clear a clump of gorse around the horses water trough...and not being very careful...I spied these bright blue eggs on the floor!
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| Robins nest |
The gorse looked fairly uninspiring so I was mortified when I realised I had unknowingly knocked the nest leaving it upturned on the floor!! I quickly placed the nest and eggs back into the thickest part of the bush and piled up the cut gorse around it bush to protect it from the wind/horses/predators. Feeling pretty awful about disturbing the family I kept my fingers crossed that mum would come back.
She did! 5 days later they hatched! Phew!! Woody and I are so glad that we did not flail the gorse...as much as we hate it! Some neighbors recommended that we bulldoze and dig it out as soon as possible, no way. We will wait a while until the birds have stopped nesting (this depends on if they decide to have a 2nd brood!) and we will continue clearing by hand...any help will be greatly appreciated! Cider and a BBQ provided!
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| Mumma Robin done good! |
So the leaves on the trees are pumping up, and the flowers are blooming....we're still waiting on the grass showing up though and still feeding hay!
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| the escapees under the little oak |
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| Trefoils one of my most favorite plants. |
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| A mutant white bluebell! |
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| Boris & Magawags |
Oh! I nearly forgot..... we have some new(t) pets :) The pond has some springtime visitors, Smooth Newts. I got terribly excited thinking that they were Great Crested as they are so pretty but they are the more common version instead and still very welcome. Great to know there is life going on in the little muddy hollow of a pond.
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| see him....? |
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| ...how about now? |
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