With the warmer weather arriving the wildlife garden is coming to life, the grass is growing and the area is now full of daisies. The willow is beginning to show signs of new shoots and leaves and will need to be tied in soon. We have already started to sow some seeds and we are now watering and waiting for the sunflower seedlings to appear.
The strawberry plants have started to produce new leaves and even a few flowers have appeared. As the plants were new last year we cut off the runners to allow the plants to establish themselves. However, somehow two small plants rooted themselves next to the planter so we have now planted these up.
The birds are continuing to visit the garden on a daily basis, with our two friendly pheasants always around waiting for the fallen seed. We have cleaned out our existing nesting box and have put up a new Robin nesting box on our shed in the growing area, now we just have to wait to see if they are used.