Bird Feeders

While we were tidying up the rongoa garden today the Hibiscus group collected pine cones that were lying around, and we made bird feeders from them. We used dripping that Whaea Mel brought and wild bird seed left over from the market day. Our manu have loved having this extra food around. We noticed a tui today and can’t wait to see who else will turn up.

Meanwhile others were busy planting tomatoes against the shed. We learned that this is a very sunny position and that the tomatoes will thrive here. The next-door-neighbour is going to pop over and pick them for us over the summer holidays, and said that in exchange for the tomatoes she will make some relish or tomato sauce for us. That sounds like a good trade to us!