How does your garden grow?

[Tania]

http://www.islamicboard.com/671710-post1.html

:statisfie

They are very very cute:statisfie and sleeping so peaceful.

 

[Keltoi]

I actually have an orchard, which while technically not a garden, is still something you have to take care of. The peaches are coming in quite nicely. I also have pears, apples, and cherries. The insects ate alot of it up last year, so I'm making a preemptive strike this year.

 

[MustafaMc]

I actually have an orchard, which while technically not a garden, is still something you have to take care of. The peaches are coming in quite nicely. I also have pears, apples, and cherries. The insects ate alot of it up last year, so I'm making a preemptive strike this year.

Well, I think that an orchard counts too. What specific varieties of fruit trees do you have? Do you have any Asian pears?

 

[glo]

After a week of almost constant rain, the sun has finally come out again and it is nice and warm. :statisfie

A few things have changed in the garden.

Firstly, the bluetit babies have flown and the nestbox is empty ...

The tomatoes and blackberries have started flowering:

 

[glo]

Now the baby birds have flown, I have opened the nest box.

1. To check if any dead babies were left (there weren't!), and
2. To empty the contents out to prevent parasites settling in.

The inside was a little damp due to the heavy rain we've had for several days now, but doesn't it look snug and cosy? (Mostly moss, grass, wool and feathers)
Sorry, it's a bit messy inside ... but that's baby birds for you!

The second pictures gives you a better idea of the nesting materials:

 

[Tania]

I will make a bird house and will try to arrange it. But i have to fill it with grass :? The birds have the habit to change their places, like this summer here, next summer in other place :?
I would like to have a bird, like this one:

 

[glo]

I will make a bird house and will try to arrange it. But i have to fill it with grass :? The birds have the habit to change their places, like this summer here, next summer in other place :?
I would like to have a bird, like this one:

I didn't fill the nestbox with nesting material, Tania. The birds did.
But I did hang some upspun wool in a nearby bush, for them to use.

I like that bird in your post. What is it called?

This is the kind of bird which uses our nest box. It's called a blue tit.

 

[Tania]

Your bird its very colorful
Its a sparrow - they eat whatever i give them from kitchen

 

[MustafaMc]

Your bird its very colorful
Its a sparrow - they eat whatever i give them from kitchen

I rather like the bird in your avatar - that is a pelican isn't it? I wonder what kind of house she would require?

 

[Tania]

I rather like the bird in your avatar - that is a pelican isn't it? I wonder what kind of house she would require?

Yes, she lives in south - east of my country (Delta Danube) and her nest its made from reed:

The people try to help them by building up nest places,like here:

May be if you would have a river near to your garden, then you could build a nest for her

 

[MustafaMc]

Yes, she lives in south - east of my country (Delta Danube) and her nest its made from reed:

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May be if you would have a river near to your garden, then you could build a nest for her

I probably would, but that seems like a lot more work than the birdhouses I have built previously. The picture of the birdhouse that my wife, MuslimahBarb, posted was intended for Purple Martins. Interestingly, we had no Martins to nest, but a few Sparrows have used it instead. Purple Martins are a migratory bird that spend the winter in South America and then return in March or so to nest. Typically, they are a bird that likes to be around people and they eat insects like mosquitos that are a serious nusiance where I live. We had a Martin to fly around and to land on the house, but for whatever reason decided not to nest. God willing, I will put up more houses before next spring as I think they like to nest in groups.

 

[transition?]

I wanted to start gardening.
I did a little research on what grows best in North Georgia (tomatoes, melons, and some herbs)
Do you when the best time to get started would be?

 

[Pk_#2]

I didn't fill the nestbox with nesting material, Tania. The birds did.
But I did hang some upspun wool in a nearby bush, for them to use.

I like that bird in your post. What is it called?

This is the kind of bird which uses our nest box. It's called a blue tit.

I can find out what them birds are, my little sister is a 'bird nerd'..Kids these days! Nice thread btw, I want to add pics, but not really much of a gardener.

 

[Malaikah]

Nice garden Glo! We have one of those water recycling systems too, its great! And we used to have the worm things also, but dad got rid of those a while ago (thank God!).

All credit to my parents... I don't visit the garden much, too many insects!! We don't get anything cool like hedgehogs, but we get lizards! Usually small ones, but we found a big blue tongue lizard the other day!

 

[glo]

^ I love that lizard, Malaikah!

 

[glo]

Bumble bees and berries

Today the sun is out, and so are the bees!

Here are two bumble bees.
The first on the blackberry bush, which is now in full flower:

The second on the raspberry bush:

They look quite cuddly, don't they?

This is our first ripe alpine strawberry ... somebody else has already taken a bite!

We have gooseberries and strawberries in great numbers, but it will be another couple of weeks before they are ripe ... time to wait patiently!!

 

[Malaikah]

Does your camera have a zoom thing that lets you take a close up pic from like, 5m away, or did you really get that close to the bee?mg:

 

[truemuslim]

WOW GLO! Those pics are awesome!!
You should take pics proffecenaly (ohh my spelled waaay off!!!) lol

 

[Tania]

I like the bees and the pictures show them so cute Have you added something to the soil to have a bigger number of fruits :?

 

[glo]

Does your camera have a zoom thing that lets you take a close up pic from like, 5m away, or did you really get that close to the bee?mg:

I cropped the picture a little, but I didn't use a zoom.
I never thought about it, but I was only a few inches away from the bees ... in fact I got closer to the bees than the apline strawberry!

I gather you don't like creepy-crawlies much, Malaikah ... am I right? :giggling: