There is (or is it are?)(or are it is?) all sorts of wildlife in the garden including mating snails. However the recent visits by the roe hart have been special caught on the trail camera shown above right.
So I mowed lawns and did a bit of weeding then decided to light the bonfire with the papers I had discarded after doing the accounts and they burned beautifully.
We have fruit on the way, not so much as last year due to tree pruning but nevertheless -
Sam the gardener came and took a load of stuff out of the pond at R's request so she could actually see the surface of the water. The stuff removed has been left on the side so any wildlife can creep back to the water.
We will soon have to return the area where the old compost heaps were to grass (or something)(mind at work).
We have been eating our first potatoes and broccoli and I have been collecting seed - fennel, poppies, aquilegia and foxglove.
We have butterflies, admittedly mainly small whites but also some peacocks, tortoiseshells and red admirals like here.
We have been eating our first potatoes and broccoli and I have been collecting seed - fennel, poppies, aquilegia and foxglove.
The lilium regale came and are now gone whilst we were away sunning it on Pembrokeshire.
There is a satisfaction in looking at lawns when they are mown (an escape from the Olympic Games) back to mowing - even if they are mostly clover and plantain. You cannot see it here anyway.
Time for a morning coffee up the garden.
Time for a morning coffee up the garden.
ReplyDeleteLilium regale is my absolute fave lily. We managed to keep enough pears out of the squirrels hands & mouths to make 10 pint jars of preserves. We try not to eat much at the time so they last til next summer.