Of Ponds and Bird Boxes Review 2020 Part 1

We were doubly glad of Freshwinds in 2020. We were so grateful that we could carry on working there as we dread to think how the garden would have looked otherwise. It has been a great joy and pleasure to us, as always. No visitors were able to come until July.

January

The first job of the year was to complete the fencing at the furthest corner. We had a good clear up all around the compost heaps and I am pleased to say it stayed that way all year.

February

In February Paula and I gave one of the scarecrows a make-over. Steve made four bird boxes and I painted them in bright colours

March

In March the fairy house and caravan had a make-over.                   

 April

In April the green box became home to a family of bluetits.

May

In May Tim set up a huge new water storage tank which can be filled from rain water run-off from the barn. We used this for the garden for part of the year.

Tomatoes were well established

The pond needed work after developing a leak.

Stored plants.

       Anne began the work on the pond by getting all the plants out in the hottest weather. They were stored in an old animal water trough and any other containers we could find. The only reason we could do this very long job, was because there were no visitors at this time.

 

June

By June the garden was looking glorious but still there were no visitors.

The pond had to be shielded from the sun. There was still wildlife in the bottom.

Preparations for the newest yurt were well on the way.....

.......and by the end of the month it was ready. What a space!

Steve and I laid the pond lining.

And so came to an end the first half of the year with the most glorious weather.