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Sue Wrote:

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> Lot of these about at the moment .... garden tiger

> moths


This year I'm once again getting lots of Jersey Tigers


http://www.uksafari.com/jerseytigers.htm


They love to bask on the kitchen windows.


Today I've also noticed a huge number of flying ants around my front door. Not so nice.

The runner beans are about ready now which is good, but the Japanese wine berry has almost finished it's had it's most productive year so far, they are similar to a rasberry in shape and colour but smaller.


The tomatoes are coming along but nowhere near ripe yet.


The grape vine is laden and the plums are growing towards full size.


The goosegogs are about ready now so pies and deserts are imminent.


The blackcurrants have been picked and jammed,

it's the best flavoured blackcurrant jam I have made to date, which is nice.

They're called Gardman Fatsnax, I get them in tubs of fifty off the internet, they're nothing fancy, no added insects or berries or anything, just the cheapest I could get :))


But at this rate, it'll end up costing me more to feed the birds than to feed myself!


I have peanuts and seeds out as well, but the fat balls seem to be favourite ....


I did try making stuff myself last year, out of suet, but basically it didn't work (didn't set hard enough), may try again at some point.

Karrie Wrote:

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> I have made my own fat cakes before, which did

> harden ok, I think I used lard.

>

> Just melted it in a microwave and added my usual

> grain that I use, chopped dried fruit and nuts.

> once it had cooled but still soft I added grated

> cheese. I lined old small plastic blackberry

> punnets with clingfilm and filled them with the

> mix and put it in the fridge, which did harden ok.

> They did go down well with the birds last year,

> but haven't bothered this year.

>

>xxxxxxxx


Oh yeh I meant lard, not suet, duh.

Yes, I noticed one egg hatched much sooner than the other, and that bird is much bigger and always smothering the smaller one. Also, the babysitting parent frequently flys off and leaves them - I know the chicks aren't pretty but I do worry for them with all the crows about, and they shiver dreadfully.

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