Regular readers will know that I’ve had two ponds for almost as long as I’ve had the plot. One is an upturned dustbin lid which is near the shed on the flower patch. The other one is a washing up bowl next to the log pile. At the moment both areas are overgrown and the ponds are no longer visible. I’m thinking about revamping both these areas, but if I do it won’t be until the early spring.
The new pond is a mini one, being a 6″/15 cm plant pot saucer. As you can see I’ve put a flat stone in it for birds such the robin to perch on whilst having a drink. I’ve put it behind the compost bin next to the log seat.
Although sunny it’s freezing cold again today so I’m not plotting, and won’t be tomorrow either as it looks like raining all day.
I’ll be settling down later to do some more seed sorting, including sunflowers Ring of Fire.
Take care, and have a good weekend!
Despite it being noticeably colder this week it has remained dry and sunny so I’ve continued plotting. This morning there was a cold northerly wind so to keep warm I dug out and sieved a barrow load of compost. I occasionally stopped to watch the robin finding plenty to eat. I added this compost to couple of barrow loads I dug out earlier in the week and had put out of the way under the blackberry bush.
Another recent surprise was seeing a flowering dandelion on one of the grass paths. On Tuesday I noticed that the seed head was frosted and sparkling .
Friday morning was sunny and I spent much of the time looking skywards at the various birds flying round including crows, gulls, magpies, parakeets and pigeons. The smaller birds tend to keep to the trees around the site perimeter fence but a blue tit flew on to the dog rose and perched there for a short while. Earlier in the week a heron overflew, presumably the one that’s been seen at the local park recently. This morning I watched a red kite lazily circling round overhead.
I was at the plot last week I cleared, then forked and weeded, the main flower area .
Liz – The pictures of the seven son tree in my garden, here in Lexington, Kentucky, were taken at the end of October.
When I cleared the mound of nasturtiums during the week I was surprised to find a number of young strawberry plants had rooted and grown underneath. They’ll be put to good use as I’ll give them to my new plot neighbour Julia who has recently taken on the half plot next door. She’s an assistant warden with the 
Another plot neighbour Fran, who I’ve mentioned before, took on the other half plot adjoining mine in the spring. When she took it on it hadn’t been tended for some time so the grass and weeds were waist high but she cleared it then grow flowers and vegetables through the summer, and the transformation has been amazing. She’s had her other small plot across the roadway for many years but she retired from work late last year and wanted to keep active and busy.
My apologies for the lack of pictures, which is due to a couple of reasons which I won’t go into now. This picture of the robin perched on the top of the shed door was taken last month.
Flighty's plot 