Fishing not catching

We all have those days when we wonder why we have even bothered to put the rod together. We arrived when the sky was overcast and a slight ripple was on the water but the water was warm and the fish were just not feeding at all. It is a good job Tree Meadow is such a nice spot so we enjoyed the peace and quiet and practiced casting. 

Bees settled in new hive

Looked in this morning after making a new roof and floor for the swarm. They are covering four national deep frames so around 8000 bees. I put a feeder on and fed them as fog and rain have set in.

Didn't have time to paint the floor. 

On a rainy morning I sealed them in the Hive and drove them up to Mid Wales, predicably the tape did not stick to the hive and after a six hour drive I opened the back of the van to find they had started to escape, thankfully they were all stuck to the outside of the hive so I quickly moved them to the wood.  Not sure what Cornish beees will think of the hills of Mid Wales.

Courgette and nasturtium

Leaving in a few months time so had to put the garden back to lawn, but could not resist planting something. 

The flowers were from last year self seeded after my experiment with square foot gardening. 

Bee Swarm

July and Nicola and I went out to get a swarm from Constantine. Small black bees so I wonder if they are wild ones. 

Hedgehog Feeding Station

After making the hedgehog house next was a feeder. This is better enclosed as cats and foxes can't get the food.

As you can see from the picture the internal wall stops anything else reaching in.

All it needs now is a waterproof cover ands its good to go

Petrol can ferret box

While mouching about with the dog, I came across a chap walking with a useful looking bedlington lurcher and a plastic petrol can. Coming alongside I could see the petrol can had been converted into a ferret carrying box. A clever way to carry the ferret .

Hedgehog house

As I was putting the dog out last night we saw a hedge hog carrying her young. So I thought it was time I built a hedgehog house. I started with an old paint bucket.

And then I cut it in half, next I cut a board to fix to the front.

I made a wooden tunnel seven inches long and a tunnel width of four inches. This is to stop cats and foxes scooping out the hedgehog. 

From the websites I researched it seemed a good idea to provide lots of insulation so I covered with waterproof material and buried the whole thing under a bush in the corner of the garden.

Update 2016.  The hedgehogs have been with us all Winter and summer and have been using the house which is now completely overgrown.  Hedgehog wanders round the garden in the evening feasting on slugs and snails, of which I have in abundance.