flowering rose

sparrows

I had a lot of sparrows who feed in my front garden and for twenty years they came and fed and brought their young but now they come to the back garden to feed.They have declined in numbers and this I think is because people have re-roofed(or loft extensions) their properties and they have to find other places to nest.

Birds

not gets wasted round here,the pigeons or hate to say it R...or m...will eat any droppings of seed that's why you have to be careful but you cant really prevent it all sorts of devices tried .I found some of the seed growing into corn or what ever which is interesting if not annoying when I have to pull it up.

Water butts

I got my water butts from a farmer who was selling blue empty barrels and we adapted them and painted them green and fixed taps.Also found one in  a skip and also on a beach ( difficult to transport back to car so that was left),otherwise you pay the earth for the same thing.

pond construction

looks good ,hope you plant some marginals and a little bog garden to go with that.lovely garden.

I give up!

Don't give up.It was a bad year all round for some of us and the weather had a lot to do with it.Some years will be bad and others good ,so hopefully next year will be good.

The last programme in the series

lovely to see Nigel and of course Monty.I liked Carol s look at plants on the seashore and I have to re-wind the player as I fell asleep after that.I was not bored ,just tired.sorry Monty.

out and about in the Quantock hills

They have red deer here too but I am not sure about the wild boar,I think they are mainly noticeable in the forest of Dean.It sounds  lovely where you live,and I think we can learn a lot from nature around us.

buddjlea

Ihave a Hawthorn as a tree and it looks great in winter and great in spring.My neighbour has a hedge of hawthorn and it looks stunning when its clipped well and the seasons show the berries or the flowers.

out and about in the Quantock hills

This is where I come to walk our dogs (I also have ridden here),on the Quantock hills in somerset.We come here in every season and weather.There is so much to learn from nature how plants need to grow.I was told that there are up to sixty different types of heather that grow on the moors.Here the heather(ling) grows in abundance and looks stunning when its out as does the yellow gorse with its coconut scent.There are Holly trees,oak,Hawthorn growing here on top as well as in the wooded valleys.Ravens savenge here and Buzzards hover above its  a place for inspiration .It tells me how heather will grow and why it wont in my garden,and how with out any help looks wonderful,nature gets it right and yes I know man gives a little helping hand,but look about you when out and about for garden design that will be better than any in a book.

aspiring gardener!!!

Which way does your garden slope? mine slopes down wards and getting the right balence of height of things is diffcult ,yet my neighbour across the way slopes upwards and no trouble.need a picture.

breathing life into faded plastic chairs.

Talkback: Plant diseases and busy Lizzies

is re-cyling your green bin ,a good thing?

The weather

Talkback: Edible dahlia tubers

Talkback: Orange ladybirds

squirrel shot for coming to the table.

down at thefrozen pond

what you find when out walking

new years resolution

wildlife in the city

Ford Abbey near Yeovil

Talkback: Hedgehog rescue

slugs in the kitchen

christmas tree