What’s happening in your garden today?
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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!!
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 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.
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.
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!Only really got room for a small border and pots.
3rd of the garden given over to the hedgehogs so out of bounds
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.
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.
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..
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..
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 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.
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.
Edited by Japveesix on Sunday 9th June 19:18
T1547 said:
Cleared the old decking, finished building the side of the pond, turned over the soil and added topsoil/compost. Will give it a week or two now to settle before adding turf. Think the existing lawn will be glad of some time to recover too, it’s taken a bit of a hammering carrying old timber across it and getting trampled in mud.
Turf laid Edited by T1547 on Monday 27th May 18:31
As promised, a photo of the new born fawn, Claudia
4 days old now, and mum seemed happy to let the little ‘un run around a bit today. Still safe within the confines of the walled part of the garden, but gradually coming out from under cover so I got the first (poor) photo. The stripes on her back were really quite vivid.
I’ll let the chat return back to plants now!
4 days old now, and mum seemed happy to let the little ‘un run around a bit today. Still safe within the confines of the walled part of the garden, but gradually coming out from under cover so I got the first (poor) photo. The stripes on her back were really quite vivid.
I’ll let the chat return back to plants now!
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