Firstly let's get the sad news out of the way. The council made me get rid of the chickens as they're considered to be farm animals not pets so the garden is a sad place now which I haven't wanted to spend a lot of time in however life goes on and yesterday was a beautiful day so I sat out,had lunch outside and did a bit of tidying up. It hasn't stopped growing just because I haven't been out there!

Here's some of the little visitors to the garden who were keeping me company . The bees were very industrious buzzing from plant to plant gathering pollen.

A little sparrow on the telephone wire 

Two frogs catching the sun,they sit so still and quietly usually you only know they're there when you hear the splash as they jump back in.

Daddy blackbird with baby 

Just managed to get baby as they flew off. 

And this little sparrow has an insect in its mouth, must have a nest nearby. 

A quick look at what'shappening around the garden. The Rosa rugosa are in flower and keeping the bees busy,

honeysuckle is in bud. Wish I could capture the scent as I walk up the garden path and post it here.

Thought I'd lost this shy little Clematis. 

My David Austin rose with the name I can never pronounce.

Another David Austin rose, Lady Emma Hamilton. Thought she'd died last year but I took her out of the ground and put her in a pot with a lot of manure and she's come back to life. 

I cut some branches off my willow and found loads of these little green blobs underneath the leaves. Apparently they're the larvae of the Willow Sawfly, Pontania Pendunculi. ..Thanks for that Dorothy. 

Here are some photos from the garden this morning. We had our first fall of snow today, at one point it looked as though it was going to be set in for the day,but once the shower passed the snow was gone within 30 minutes. 

I love these daffodils. 

The primroses are doing well this year. 

Looks like spring. 

Forget me not amongst the mint 

Love the way the rain brings out the colour of my twisted hazel.

Sky looks absolutely full of snow. 

Love this double daffodil, picked them up in an end of season sale yesterday for 40p a pot. 

We had chicken wars on Wednesday and I had to split them up, so Mrs. Cluckalot and Chuck Chuck are still in Cluckalot Mansion  hidden away at the end of the garden, 

while poor Hetty, who is the only one laying is on her own in this borrowed slum in full view on the lawn. The others have been attacking her and she has a big bald patch on her back. She stopped laying for a couple of days but gave me a lovely blue egg for my breakfast this morning. 

And lastly I took this a few days ago. The frogspawn has hatched and there are millions of tadpoles swimming about. 

Exciting times in my garden this month. This is Cluckalot Mansion, home to the new arrivals to the garden, Mrs.Cluckalot, Hetty Hen and Chuck Chuck 

Mrs. Cluckalot is a Bluebelle which was going to be her name, but she seems to be the self appointed look out for the trio and makes the most noise. Hetty Hen is a Legbar and was the first one to lay a lovely blue egg and Chuck Chuck is a Blackrock and has not really brought any attention to herself yet, she may be renamed when her character is more noticeable. 

 

I have also put 3 nest boxes up, this one for the bluetits

This one for sparrows or great tits, 

And this one for robins or wrens.

The frog spawn was a bit late appearing this year, but it eventually did arrive and the little tadpoles are developing nicely. 

Some of the visitors to my garden this morningenjoying their breakfast.