The Cherry Tree

Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted to encourage more birds to the garden. Unfortunately, we do have a very large cat population so I did have to address this a little. I bought a sonic sound thing off ebay which together with some anti cat smelly stuff reduced the number of visitors. Don't get me wrong, I love all animals but we had so many, I couldn't attract any birds at all.
Afterwards we put up several feeding stations and bit by bit we are attracting some feathered visitors.
To make life easier for them, I wanted to add some larger bushes and a tree to provide a little added safety for when the cats do come stalking. I decided to plant a fruit tree. Twofold, it is nice to plant a tree and it gives some perch areas. I didn't want to get an apple tree becuase I always have planted apple trees in the past ...and every time I do, I seem to end up moving. So, I have a small paranoia about planting apples. We took a trip to the garden centre and I said I would simply choose the nicest, sturdiest looking fruit tree whatever the fruit.
And so we ended up with a Cherry tree :D
It was lovely to see the blossom just a few weeks after planting it. I didn't expect it to bear any fruit in the first year, it is still getting established. However, just over a week ago, I did manage to pick a handful of cherries.




I used my new Derwent Coloursofts on Stonehenge paper and really liked the combination. Have a good weekend.