Having posted some photographs of the new born Eddie I thought that it was only fair that I also posted some photographs of the other new born budgie Bruce.  So here they are.

Well finally after starting all the garden alterations in February we have managed to complete what I am calling the first phase.  We can now sit out in the garden and all the livestock have their homes.  Looking forward to the summer now.

Yesterday was the final push to get it ready for entertaining and using basically.  We were planting trees and the garden looks so bare without them.  Five trees were purchased for just over a ton and then the debate was held as to were they should be placed.  We finally settled on 4 trees in the raised bed that was constructed back in February and one over the other side of the garden.  We also came to the conclusion that we needed another two trees to finish it off, and it was decided that Apple trees would be great.  That way we could place one next to the rabbits pen and then when the apples fall from the tree they would have a ready supply for troughing.

Also we erected some hanging baskets at the front of the house as well as some wall mounted baskets with some smaller bedding plants in to provide some colour when they start to flower, hopefully fairly soon.

Jobs that we still need to finish include concreting underneath the aviary, which we cannot do until the baby budgies are old enough, electricity around the garden including a light in the aviary and perhaps the rabbit hutch and the possibility of widening the drive at the front of the house.  It is all working progress but I feel that we have made one big step to how we want it now.  Here’s looking forward to some nice weather so that we can sit out in the garden and enjoy our work!

The new born Budgies were hatched nearly 2 weeks ago now and so we managed to get our first proper glimpse of them when Helen has a hold.

We have gone for the names Eddie and Bruce as we think that they are males, however it is hard to tell until they get their colouration on their beaks.  Eddie is shown in the photos above.

Well today we finally managed to finish off (almost) the rabbits new home alongside the aviary. We wanted to create a new area next to the birds that the rabbits could use so that they did not have to live in the aviary with the birds. Yesterday we bought their new hutch and today it was time to finish off the fence and then get the rabbits in there.

The fence was really easy to construct as the posts had already been cemented in when the concrete base went down a few weeks ago now. We wrapped the wire mesh around the posts, which drew blood on both myself and my dad as it is very stiff with extremely sharp edges. Then the fence panels (or planks) went along the mesh to keep it in place after the mesh was stapled to the posts. The hutch was then moved in place and the rabbits were in their new home. Once Jeremy was in their he was determined to get behind the aviary as this video proves!

The other job of the day was planting. Now the rabbits were not roaming in the garden anymore it meant that the plants could be placed in the border behind the new patio and the raised bed, as they wouldn’t be eaten anymore. The climbers were planted at the back of the garden to climb up the trellis and all the other plants were placed in there positions. Tomorrows job is to buy about 5 trees and then we can get the rest of the plants planted, which will really improve the look of the garden.

Bank Holiday Monday and it was time to get out in the garden in true British style. Unfortunately it wasn’t out in the garden relaxing in the weather but working on the garden trying to get it finished. The work started in early February and is still going on now. By summer we should have it finished!

The first job was to cap the small wall that we had built in order to enclose the raised bed. The bricks that were used were normal building bricks and therefore they all had three holes in the top and therefore they needed something on top of them to make them look OK. Dad mortared them onto the wall and we only needed to cut a few with the Angle Grinder for a tricky little corner piece.

Whilst this was happening mum was digging over the raised bed and getting rid of all the pebbles and rubbish in there. After all this was complete we decided that we would head off to the garden centre and see if we could buy the rabbits a new hutch that would live in the run area. Southport Road, on the way into the seaside town is perhaps the best place for garden centres and pet stores and we found quite a collection of different hutches.

The first one that we saw (top right) was actually a dog kennel but it was made of sturdy stuff and it was considered for a while. Only one hutch caught our eyes which we liked (bottom right) however it was a little smaller than we wanted. Anyway stud up, flat-packed against the wall was an identical one but slightly larger and therefore that was the one that we bought. We we got back it was construction time.

So tomorrow we need to construct the fence that will go around the rabbit run. This means that the rabbits can live in there new home and we can then plant the plants without the risk of the rabbits eating them.

I was out and about in the garden this morning before watching the Grand Prix and the rabbits were out too. They looked so cute in the garden together!