The cherry blossom has been so beautiful this year and I am hoping it will be followed by an equally bumper crop of fruit. Last year we didn't manage to pick a single cherry, the downside to sharing our garden with an enormous number of birds! I have decided to start attatching things to the branches early this year in an attempt to distract our avian friends. Wind chimes, crystals and a few Japanese fish flags are already in place and now the bunting has gone up too. I'm not sure it will work but it's worth a try and if all fails at least it looks pretty...