Timing the topiary is tricksy since the sparrow gang set up residence inside his torso. I don't have a 100% confirmed nest this year, but still decided to err on the side of caution. The house martins in the eaves (two broods this year! we even saw a fledge!) are also a bit spooked by my presence out front. Not very spooked, but enough. So Spriggy's trim was late:
As you can see, he's looking a bit clumsy this year; the curly tail has gone a bit angular, the shoulders are a bit clunky and the eyeballs have - there is no other word for it - descended. The brown in the green is a common feature of privet at the moment; it's finding the timing of rain and the long gaps between rainfall challenging.
Remedial trims are a pain of course, but I think I'm going to need one to get that head back chameleon-shaped. And as for the eyeballs? They may need to go altogether....
As you can see, he's looking a bit clumsy this year; the curly tail has gone a bit angular, the shoulders are a bit clunky and the eyeballs have - there is no other word for it - descended. The brown in the green is a common feature of privet at the moment; it's finding the timing of rain and the long gaps between rainfall challenging.
Remedial trims are a pain of course, but I think I'm going to need one to get that head back chameleon-shaped. And as for the eyeballs? They may need to go altogether....
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