European Gardening: Birds in the garden Part 2., 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
That's a shame Pat about the Wood Pigeon, I wonder if he will find another mate. Yes it has been quiet here, I think the cold summer (and the rest of the year!) has turned us all off, or frozen us to a standstill.

I put in a few cauliflower plants and they all got eaten, I don't have enough sun for some things but caulis can do OK and I do like home grown. The news on AOL homepage had an article about nutritional value of organic grown as opposed to not, a 4 year £12 million study was done! The organic vegs had up to 40% more antioxidants and other beneficial nutrients, milk up to 60% more, and less baddies. No wonder cancer and asthma are on the increase here, but I already knew organic was good, you can tell when you taste it.

The Lidls bird seed looks good, and I thought a good price too. I have to think about a feeding station where I can get good pics!

I can't help with ducks in the garden, but I had a mallard years ago in with chickens and it had a vacuum cleaner for a beak, ate everything.

Here's the nesting woodie, she's sat tight, it's been very cold with a touch of frost in places some nights, I hope she manages to rear them. Taken on the 19th.