Gardeners!

[Tin Pot]

Is that a mullien moth caterpillar? Beauty!

I’ve been investigating on the GW forum, can’t quite pin it down as it’s different in a few ways. The yellow stripes are really clear and bright.

Strikingly beautiful though . Can’t find it anymore, so either it’s found somewhere to pupate or my robins have had a bumper dinner!

 

[rich p]

The rambling rose on my pergola must head loved the winter and spring conditions cos it's better than ever this year. The scent is sensational and the hum of the bees is mesmerising.

 

[Dave 123]

@User9609 nice orchid.

Roses- You can prune out upto 50% of the long shoots on the one on the left. The one on the right I'd prune out the big, thorny shoot on the right hand side. It's good practice to take out some dead wood on a climber annually to encourage new growth from the base. Prune in winter.

 

[Mrs M]

Noticed some black “slug like”droppings over the weekend.
Advised Mr M though we had a hedgehog (not seen one in the garden for many years since the mother and three babies).
Confirmed sighting last night
Thomas (above) caught a wee bird
Then he sat crying outside the window when a hedgehog a quarter of his size moved in and took off with it
On hedgehog watch tonight!

 

[MartinQ]

View attachment 416323 Noticed some black “slug like”droppings over the weekend.
Advised Mr M though we had a hedgehog (not seen one in the garden for many years since the mother and three babies).
Confirmed sighting last night
Thomas (above) caught a wee bird
Then he sat crying outside the window when a hedgehog a quarter of his size moved in and took off with it
On hedgehog watch tonight!

Get some mealworms & sunflower hearts and with the weather the way it is, some water. If you put it out at dusk, the birds won't eat it. Hogs soon learn where there is a free meal.

 

[Mrs M]

Get some mealworms & sunflower hearts and with the weather the way it is, some water. If you put it out at dusk, the birds won't eat it. Hogs soon learn where there is a free meal.

Thanks
Think it’s been coming for the water, always leave a shallow bowl out for the cats.
Nice to see one after such a long break
Will leave some cat food out tonight, in the past they’ve liked the biscuits and wet food (chicken), very noisy eaters though

 

[Dave 123]

Back at work today after 10 days of virus, I was greeted by Twynings Smartie, a Dahlia with attitude!

 

[MartinQ]

Thanks
Think it’s been coming for the water, always leave a shallow bowl out for the cats.
Nice to see one after such a long break
Will leave some cat food out tonight, in the past they’ve liked the biscuits and wet food (chicken), very noisy eaters though

Yeah, we don't leave cat food out as there are lots of cats in our nbhd so don't want to confuse our two moggies. But yeah, chicken cat food is a good one for hogs. I'll upload a couple of vids tomorrow of some of our hogs having a "fight" and then realizing there's a fox standing next to them :-).

 

[Mrs M]

No sighting last night
Put out cat biscuits and our two ate most of them.
Then some seagulls polished off the crumbs

 

[Tin Pot]

I didn’t realise magpies liked cat food.

Had the cat bowl out a few weeks ago as baby is “exploring” everything. It attracted too many slugs and birds though.

 

[MartinQ]

No sighting last night
Put out cat biscuits and our two ate most of them.
Then some seagulls polished off the crumbs

When we first started feeding them, it was about a week before we had the first signs that they'd found the feeders. They fairly quickly caught on though. I "built" a hog feeder by just buying a plastic tub from one of the cheapy shops for a couple of quid, cutting a small hole in it, made a tunnel out of a few old bricks and put a couple of dishes inside that. It works well and the plastic box is easy to clean the hog poo / wee.

 

[MartinQ]

No sighting last night
Put out cat biscuits and our two ate most of them.
Then some seagulls polished off the crumbs

Posted in your day's wildlife ...
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-days-wildlife.174739/post-5290853

 

[keithmac]

Make do and mend with the patio, used 3/4 ton of 10mm gravel and 1/3 ton of dry-mix.

Got 6 more slabs to lay tonight after work and a big tidy up (again!)..

 

[Lullabelle]

The bees are really enjoying the flowers in our front garden . No butterflies though

 

[Heltor Chasca]

The bees are really enjoying the flowers in our front garden . No butterflies though

That’s so true. I’m sure there are normally more about. The cabbage whites have made an appearance

Today I moved the nest of Tree Bumblebees I was stung by last week, but they were pretty sanguine today. The wheelie bin they are in is full of old wasp comb and it’s worked out for them. My client is about to give birth and wants them away from the house. And you do what a nesting human mother says don’t you?

I managed to move it about 3m without them losing their bearings. I’ll keep nudging them away from the house until everyone is happy. The clients didn’t want them destroyed. Good for them