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Same, although with the weather from the last couple of weeks - nothing seems to be doing anything in my garden this year
My courgettes last year didn't want to get going, I think I had half a dozen out of 3 plants.
This year, all my courgette plants are producing loads of fruit and I've already picked a few.
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It’s been tough going this year with the lack of rain, but I’ve put a fair bit of time into the front border. Really happy with the result. Added a few more lily’s this morning (the slugs took a couple out last year), along with some more bark following a hedge trim. The bark that has rotted down over the years has made some wonderful soil in the border too.
The roses have slowed down a bit, but they should flower a few times again this year.
My clover project is going well too, the bees love it:
And what was a dead corner has become a small wildlife haven over the last couple of years:
One of the side borders has recovered well too after a big bush collapsed a couple of years ago leading me to have to cut it all back:
The roses have slowed down a bit, but they should flower a few times again this year.
My clover project is going well too, the bees love it:
And what was a dead corner has become a small wildlife haven over the last couple of years:
One of the side borders has recovered well too after a big bush collapsed a couple of years ago leading me to have to cut it all back:
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Added a few more flowering plants. The hoverflys are loving it.
Looks like this years roses are about to flower again too.
Looks like this years roses are about to flower again too.
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I've never noticed bees sleeping in flowers before, but this year they are.
They're still there when I go to bed and gone in the morning..
That's either a cabbage forming or Audrey II..
And these really do taste as their name suggests..
Can't say I'm a fan, so may pickle them and see what they're like.
They're still there when I go to bed and gone in the morning..
That's either a cabbage forming or Audrey II..
And these really do taste as their name suggests..
Can't say I'm a fan, so may pickle them and see what they're like.
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Bambi and her mother have pretty much moved into the garden permanently and we are trying to ascertain if this is a good thing or if we need to move them on..
We have also captured our first Badger visit, though he has only been spotted once.. so maybe he doesn't get on with Bambi..
We have also captured our first Badger visit, though he has only been spotted once.. so maybe he doesn't get on with Bambi..
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Unless they're eating your prize plants I wouldn't worry about it, and if they are they're extremely difficult to keep out deer fencing is usually a 6 footer
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This is my current thought to just leave them be, and as you may be able to tell from the picture boundary/fencing to this part of the garden is pretty much none existent.
Though someone has said that deer don't like the scent of humans and so urinating where they enter may keep them out, and I don't need to ask my son twice to go have a garden wee! A backup plan should they start to cause havoc..
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After finishing the deck I had a section of ground I was needing to turf about 3m x 3m.
My elderly neighbour also needed some grass lifting, it wasn’t in the best condition but saved them having to get rid of it and I’m not fussy.
Think it’s settled in well with a bit of care, given how bad it looked at the start wasn’t sure if I was going to need to lift it.
My elderly neighbour also needed some grass lifting, it wasn’t in the best condition but saved them having to get rid of it and I’m not fussy.
Think it’s settled in well with a bit of care, given how bad it looked at the start wasn’t sure if I was going to need to lift it.
That'll do fine....grass is way more resilient than people think, once established, TBH.
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Blooming mole in our garden. All makes sense now with soil dropping and bubbling whilst watering and plants randomly moving, I thought it was frogs, but haven't seen any of them for a while.
Cat is very interested in it, but don't think he has much chance of catching it! Shame....
Cat is very interested in it, but don't think he has much chance of catching it! Shame....
We have lots of deer pass through our garden, winter time stripping bark from young trees is the only issue we have with them but that’s fixable with some tree protectionBambi and her mother have pretty much moved into the garden permanently and we are trying to ascertain if this is a good thing or if we need to move them on..
We have also captured our first Badger visit, though he has only been spotted once.. so maybe he doesn't get on with Bambi..
Summer is now over here ... Lol