Weeding flower beds abs watching the blue tits flying in and out of the bird box in the pergola trying to feed their voracious chicks

Once the chicks hatch they need to be fed up to 100 caterpillars a day each! No wonder they quadruple in size. After 3 weeks they are ready to fledge. I have given the cats strict instructions to leave well alone and even put collars with bells on their necks to warn the birds of their possible attacks. Click below

One lot goes another arrives, all day long.

She arrived just as J snd I had made our weekly bee hive inspections. The queens are laying, there is plenty of capped brood, larvae and grubs and emerging bees are visible and there are plenty of honey stores. We put one super on top of hive number one. In half an hour another friend will collect rhubarb snd probably meet the kids and in between I have a piece of writing I promised to read and comment on for one of the writing group. J brought in a perfect cauliflower to cook for supper. Roll on bedtime!

Goats love weeds and nettles and brambles and ivy. Even the kids are enjoying a nibble.