What’s happening in your garden today?

[dickymint]

mcelliott said:

Just cutting in and tidying up the paths around the meadow, everything looking pretty good and is awash with wildlife.

Stunning - ever thought of keeping a couple of beehives there?

[Turtle Shed]

Daisies and Woodpeckers everywhere.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

The worlds most neglected Rose (I have no idea what your supposed to do ) keeps bringing some beauty.

[netherfield]

So today we thought we'd clear and trim the side path to the house, won't be more than a couple of small bags to shift.

[thepritch]

Does getting rid of 3 '1ton' bags of garden waste count as progress? That's today's sum total of gardening activities.

[DoubleSix]

I envy some of the expansive plots here! Ive been completely replanting my little urban oasis after major building work… twas all mud…

[otolith]

DoubleSix said:

I envy some of the expansive plots here! Ive been completely replanting my little urban oasis after major building work… twas all mud…

It’s what you do with it, not how big it is. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

[thepritch]

otolith said:

It’s what you do with it, not how big it is. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Indeed it is!

A large garden requires a lot of work and expense to keep it looking even remotely tidy. Be careful what you wish for!!

[W12GT]

thepritch said:

otolith said:

It’s what you do with it, not how big it is. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Indeed it is!

A large garden requires a lot of work and expense to keep it looking even remotely tidy. Be careful what you wish for!!

Agreed! My wife and I keep talking about potentially getting a gardener in for at least a full day a week. At the moment we’re out there at least 1.5days each and we’re are at risk of losing the battle - we are already behind on the bushes and hedges and probably need a week solid to get on top of them.

[DoubleSix]

Yeah, my mother has a huge garden and it’s basically a full time job!

Best thing about starting from scratch was the chance to bury electrics and do lighting “properly”. My photography skills dont allow me to capture it very well…

Edited by DoubleSix on Sunday 9th June 09:18

[thepritch]

thepritch said:

Managed to get out for a few hours tonight and cut the grass. Came in with no ticks - result!

Wildlife update : Scratchy (our resident female deer) has been around all day today - being very ‘clingy’ to a particular area of the garden. I strongly suspect she’s just given birth. The last two years she’s given birth to fawns in the same spot and time - early to mid June.

Will post up if we get any photos.

Well, we’ve just seen the new born fawn - a day or so old Too dark under the cluster of trees and tall grass to take and show photos. Looking out for the possible second one.

But have named this one Claudia.

[dickymint]

Wifey wanted a water feature so I secretly rammed a hose pipe up Nelly's arse














She didn't find out until she was working on the re-planting

[otolith]

[a340driver]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Slightly smaller scale than most on here, but our little piece of garden is hopefully showing signs of life.
Only really got room for a small border and pots.

3rd of the garden given over to the hedgehogs so out of bounds

Keep pinching those sodding lily beetles out!! Mine are ruined!

[Blib]

This rose arch has gone nuts.

[PositronicRay]

I want to increase my foxglove population, I was given some seedlings looked marvelous last yr, as a biennial nothing this.

I purchased a packet of seeds thinking of future years, read the packet (2000 seeds) put seeds in prepared seed beds. That's industrial nursery volumes, I haven’t nearly enough space to set aside. How do you guys start a foxglove collection.

[rallye101]

have this fella snopping round every evening now, getting a little too friendly...

[The Three D Mucketeer]

rallye101 said:

have this fella snopping round every evening now, getting a little too friendly...

He should be careful , if Southgate sees him, he might make the England squad

[The Gauge]

Last year I dug up some oriental poppies from my mothers garden and replanted them in mine. She grew them from seed about 20yrs ago that she collected from poppies in my aunties garden. God know how long they had been growing in her garden. They are now flowering in my garden for the first time, I call them Auntie Jeans poppies





Over 15yes ago I saved a few plants from a school garden that was about to be built on, one being a scabious that I've divided over the years, the bees love its yellow flowers.





One of my favourite plants and a favourite of the bees is this buddleja globosa that is about to come into flower..




And somewhere amongst these plants is a wildlife pond..

[Japveesix]

thepritch said:

thepritch said:

Managed to get out for a few hours tonight and cut the grass. Came in with no ticks - result!

Wildlife update : Scratchy (our resident female deer) has been around all day today - being very ‘clingy’ to a particular area of the garden. I strongly suspect she’s just given birth. The last two years she’s given birth to fawns in the same spot and time - early to mid June.

Will post up if we get any photos.

Well, we’ve just seen the new born fawn - a day or so old Too dark under the cluster of trees and tall grass to take and show photos. Looking out for the possible second one.

But have named this one Claudia.

That's great, I've spent years working in and exploring the countryside and only ever come across newborn deer fawns twice. A real treat to see one and not something we could ever expect to see in our garden!

Edited by Japveesix on Sunday 9th June 19:18