I saw for the first time a blue tit on the bird feeder at the end of my garden. Its a narrow garden that runs parallel with our bungalow and because its on a corner and steeped back, the bird flight paths take them behind our garden and they rarely visit (other than the big tree that hangs over from a garden behind). This was an experiment to encourage then from their flight path to detour into our garden. While the food has gone down and I have assumed some birds were eating it, this was the first proof it had worked.
My pride and joy in the garden at the moment are two foxgloves I grew from seed two years ago. I managed to keep two of the four going through last year (they don't flower the first year) and they are now looking quite stunning. I noticed a bee visiting this evening (so the flowers won't be around for long). My nan always had foxgloves in her garden when I was young and they were my favourite then.
