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Augustby Ken Clark - 08:34 on 19 August 2009June has been feeding the sparrows with bird seed for the last couple of months, thankfully we are only attracting sparrows plus the odd collard dove. The Starlings have now found the Rowan or Mountain Ash, to be a plentiful supply of food as the berries are fully ripe and ready for eating. The Sparrows feeding on the fully loaded bird feeders seem to waste as much as they eat, there are a few sensible ones that peck at the fallen seed but they never fully tidy up all the seed, however the last few nights we have been watching a Hedgehog who regularly comes around at dusk to feed on the fallen seed. This is definitely a first for us. The Rowan trees with their bountiful array of red and yellow berries is always a site to behold, sadly some people who use the New Lambton plantation for recreational purposes don’t seem to appreciate the beauty of the trees as some have been bark stripped and some cut down. It is such a waste as these have been happily growing for years giving much needed food for the birds in our area. We finally had a fine night last month for our weed and wine evening, as usual it was very well attended and much weeding was accomplished, from what I can remember. We certainly put the world to right as we finished off a couple of bottles of very nice reds.
Quite a lot of vegetables have now begun to be harvested from the allotments; beetroot has been picked and pickled, most of the early potatoes have been dug up, my red onions are doing extremely well and are still growing, this is the first time I have tried these red onions and they seem to have been a success. Leeks have still a long way to go but these seem to enjoy staying in the ground well into the winter.
While I am on the subject of allotments, which seems to be very fashionable these days, the Sydney Street Allotment Summer Fair was a great success this year, it was held on the 8th and 9th of August and almost two thousand pounds was raised with raffles, plants and vegetable sales.
The Groups orchard is doing well again this year as it seems to have been another good year for fruit. The Plum trees are absolutely covered in fruit, the apples are swelling nicely, I had better check on the fruit press, to make sure it is ready for the cider production, well at least a couple of litres were made last year and it was quite drinkable.
The evening light is now fading fast, days are becoming slightly shorter, but it is still pleasant enough till eight.
Some of the harvest has been gathered in by the local farms and ploughing is well under way to get the winter crops in before the weather deteriorates.
After the heavy rains that we had I was quite surprised that some crops had not been flattened which is always disastrous for the combines as some of the fallen wheat or barley soon begins to germinate and ruins the crop.
Well enjoy the rest of the summer keep the brolly handy.
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Keep up the good work - someone has to with knackered old things like me hanging on.
Cheers for now,
Paul.