Feeding the squirrels (and other animals)

 We been busy once again, planting this, time bulbs; lots and lots and lots of bulbs.

Realising it may be a little late to plant daffodil bulbs (this was in late february-think bulbs should def initley be in the ground over winter!) but finding large sackfulls heavily reduced we decided to give it a go regardless.  What have we got to lose? Either the bulbs will happily sprout their flowery heads without a care to the time of year, they will patiently wait insitu until next year, or they will be dug up and provide many a forest animal with a hearty meal.

I believe I see a pattern forming with my gardening techniques here and not a very scientific one at that.  Basically my technique involves simply bunging whatever seed/bulb/plant it is into the ground and hoping for the best.  I admit, I do actually own several great books on gardening, allotment keeping etc etc which I like having a good read through so hopefully I can't be going too far wrong - Soil (or growing substance), sunlight, darkness, water and nutrients, Right?

This is where I planted the majority of the daffodils (and narcissus).  It is a clearing set into the woods and has (in wetter weather) an overflow stream trickling down the embankment into the river.

In my minds eye, I picture it as a lovely sheltered, secluded clearing bursting with ferns and colour.  In reality it is, at the moment, a shaded, somewhat damp spot in which nothing much has been growing.  This, we believe, is due to the sycamore blocking the light and preventing growth.  Hopefully, clearing some branches has opened up the canopy and we will soon see signs of emerging growth.