A water flow problem

This year we have had some spells of very dry weather interspersed with longer spells of downpour. Much strain has been put on the guttering and F has had to do much maintenance.

The rain from the roof goes into the water butts via the downpipes but the water from the garage roof is channelled straight to the borders by a ‘Heath Robinson’ assemblage of guttering. The channel from the garage gutter, rests through a branches of an apple tree and then into the midst of the bay tree where water is able to pour out from the open end and into the border. We do not see this end of the guttering but hear water trickling or pouring out amongst the stems.

This weekend, when F dismantled the structure to clean it out before the autumn, he discovered, as well as apples, a bird’s nest. It was in good condition though a little damp. I think this is probably why the birdfeeder has been very popular this year.