My Gardening Year Flora and Fauna: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

May ~ Fruits Forming

Various fruits are now forming on the trees and bushes

A tiny Bramley Apple with a bit of blossom hanging on still

Baby Bramley Apple

We know we should pinch these off and not let the tree fruit in its first year here but we have two which have set fruits so may leave them to see what happens.
The tree is growing vigorously and well settled.

Blueberry fruits

I wonder if these will continue to grow and ripen
~ they seem so vulnerable somehow~

Medlar fruits growing well

It looks like we're going to have a bumper crop this year
~Loads of Medlar Jelly and Chutney~

This one still has some blossom attached

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Guest Garden ~ May

May in my Mum's Garden

Lupins, Aquilegia, Dicentra (Bleeding Hearts)

Close up of lupins with the bungalow behind

Gladioli in the driveway

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Garden Birds ~ Robin & others in May feeding their families

May 18th

I set the video camera up this morning while I was out in the garden and quite a few birds came to get their breakfast worms!

Click on the video below to see a few minutes of busy birds.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Garden Birds ~ Robin in May feeding a family

While we had our breakfast one of the Robins came for his family's worms.

May 15th

Here he is under the Choisya surrounded by Campanula.

We have to put worms here as the Starlings are more nervous but will try though they are less inclined to come while were are in the garden.
The Bluetits will visit here and Blackbirds, if we are lucky, so a nice collection.

Here is a little 5 minute video of today's visits to the bowl while we had our lunch.