Category Archives: Wildlife

Listen

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

  This is written in response to the latest prompt from the Grow Write Guild – the theme is what your garden sounds like. If you click on the link on the bird names you will hear what I hear. … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 7th April 2013

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

I think it is safe to say, if my aching muscles are anything to go by, that I have had a good gardening weekend at last.  Though to be honest it has taken a lot of determination not to just … Continue reading →

Posted in April, Cottage Garden Border, gardening, My Garden, My garden this weekend, Wildlife, Woodland border | Tagged , , , , | 27 Comments

Wordless Wednesday 20/3/13 – Frog Spawn

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Snow

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

So the snow has arrived.  It started about 6:00am just as we were beginning to think the forecasters had been over-cautious.  Heavy snow persistently falling so that now some 4 hours later we have around 2 inches of snow laying … Continue reading →

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Squaring gardening for wildlife

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

I have always naturally gardened organically, environmentally call it what you will.  Even early on before the whole organic movement got full under steam I only occasionally used the odd bit of weed killer on a particular weed.  I have … Continue reading →

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Brock, he came a visting

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

We have had some mysterious goings on in the garden in recent weeks which have led to wood craft books being consulted and much peering out of the back windows at night. It all started about three weeks ago when … Continue reading →

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Cherrilicious

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

The art of fruit-growing is all a little obscure to me. However, I am an eternally curious person so leaped at the chance last week to visit the top fruit grower in the country.  This visit was an unexpected bonus … Continue reading →

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Sunny Afternoon

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

I have spent a great afternoon in the garden finally doing some serious gardening.  The sun has shone for the most part and it felt so good to feel its warmth on my back. As ever I didn’t do what … Continue reading →

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Butt – its a competition

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

A couple of weeks ago I promoted a survey being carried out by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to see how we use our  water butts and to encourage people to use WTthem more effectively. I have two water butts … Continue reading →

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Survey your butt!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Water butt that is! I think  both my water butts work quite hard but having done the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust’s survey maybe I could use them a little more. The WWT are asking us to complete a quick survey … Continue reading →

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