A diary of back garden botany, urban ecology, rural rambles and field trips to the middle of nowhere...
Sunday, 14 October 2018
Every garden has its robin. I made a start on turning over the heap of "green waste" at the back of the garden (which makes the best compost). As heaps go it's not sophisticated- four uprights with a length of reed screen around them, chuck it in, let time do the rest.
Underneath the accumulated cuttings etc. was a foot or so of rich matter which had composted down over the course of a year or two or so since I began making this particular heap. And the robin quickly appeared to feast on the bugs, worms and creepy crawlies exposed by this activity.