A bit off topic I hear you say!!!! NO, we live in an area which is surrounded by open fields so we are visited on a regular basis by a varied range of wild birds. During the spring,summer and autumn periods there is generally plenty for them to eat some of which they find in our patch in the form of grubs and caterpillars, which can be a nuisance if you prefer not to use chemicals.
We do therefore encourage them to visit during the winter by feeding them with "Waste" from the kitchen. Usually fat,rind and out of date bread together with a few nuts and left over seeds from our Cockatiel cage. So even during the winter there are few days that we have no birds in the garden. Mark, has recently completed a little bird nest box which he intends to place on the side of the garden shed shortly. It is nice to hear them singing in the sunshine and a pleasure to watch the smaller ones fliting around the Rabbits house picking up scraps
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Birds
It is surprising what people dump in fields and Flower beds in the local parks. We have collected a variety of Strawberry plants and now have a Fresh supply from late spring to late Autumn.
Any surplus during the season is made into Jam and usually lasts until the start of the following season.
Many plants, like Marigolds still have seed heads on them which we collect and scatter around the garden. Busy Lizzies are easily proagated from cuttings placed in a cup full of water until they sprout roots. These can be kept over winter in a warmish place or grown on as a house plant. They come in various shades of Red to Pink
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