Beautiful! And from experience of egg casings, I'd say sparrows are likely - I saw a lot like that growing up, and there are more sparrows here than anything else.
Thanks for the advice re the peppers. I'll hold onto them and hope for more sun next year.
I can winter them in the second shed. It has a window.
They have tiny buds now, but I'm not too hopeful.
I'll stake them up properly, just in case.
Thing is, I can't remember which plant is which.
One is chillies, one is peppers. One looks close to fruiting, the other like it's not even bothered. I'm hoping the larger of the two is the jalapeno. Seems unlikely
Ali - your beds are so space age! And support all the cliches sold to emigrants back in the middle of the last century - the soil being black gold and all that