Bunny On The Lawn: Potato Harvest

Sunday, 31 July 2016

Dug up the potatoes today - two varieties - Desiree and King Edward (plus a third 'unknown').

Reasonable haul, cleaned up nicely - so some should keep.

The rest will be mashed for the freezer - packaged up a basic mash (no milk or butter) freezes well enough - ready for use when required . . .

On the Bird Feeder / In the Sky

Blackbird (lord of the back garden, although Mrs Blackbird forages under the Feeder)
Blue Tit (lots of)
Buzzard (or is it a Red Kite?)
Chaffinch (a regular visitor to the Feeder)
Collared Dove (nesting in the Yew Tree)
Dunnock (lurks around the Feeder)
Goldfinch (a regular visitor since we put the niger seeds out, although I think they prefer the sunflower hearts!)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (now a regular visitor, really likes the peanuts)
Great Tit (also lots of)
Greenfinch (fair number)
House Sparrow (the sparrow 'mafia')
Jay (recently observed on the bird feeder)
Nuthatch (a new arrival on the scene)
Pied Wagtail (seems to like hopping about on the roof)
Raven (tries to eat from the peanut feeder but doesn't have the beak for it!)
Red Kite (often seen soaring above)
Robin ('fat' and 'thin')
Song Thrush (lots of snail shells to be found so must be doing ok)
Starling (just the one, really likes the fat balls!)
Swallow (a regular swoop of)
Wren (hard to spot)

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