Re: What have you done in the flower garden today?

[Dandelion]

I've been doing something I should do more often - just BEING in the garden, and appreciating it. It's nothing special, just a country town garden, and I certainly wouldn't want to open it to visitors, but to me it's so beautiful at the moment.Vegetables looking green, kohl rabi looking strange, chickens pottering about, a slow worm making me jump as it shot through the plant I was watering, a frog pushing up its head out of the pond and looking daft with a layer of duck weed like a hat - and the promise of more good things to come as things ripen.

That's it, eulogy over - I'll get back to my list of jobs now!!

[Compostwoman]

That is something I really have to work at here, so often all I see is a huge list of chores, when I look at our place...whereas in fact it is beautiful, if a bit wild!

[polgara]

Blackbirds are really funny. We have 2 male & 2 female & I think some young ones. Favourite pastime, as well as singing, is waiting for Sparhawk in the garden & then trying to part his hair as they fly across. At the moment they are really pecking around the pots for whatever & making attempts to get in the kitchen. Love them like crazy.

[Compostwoman]

I ran a Den building course here in the wood for Early Years practitioners on Monday night ( people who work with under 6 year olds...)

One of the many best bits was when I was introducing the idea of building micro dens for soft toys...I often use some of the RSPB singing bird soft toys for this ..and the participants then build nests for them.......I produced a Chaffinch and a Blackbird and demonstrated the recorded calls which they do if you press them...and immediately we were surrounded by REAL Blackbirds and Chaffinches, all challenging the "interlopers"

The learners on the course were absolutely amazed at this reaction.....

[Guest]

We are dead heading the roses hoping they will flower again. It has been a very good roses year so far with many bunches in the house and brilliant displays outside.

[Lottie]

Wow nothing since June? time for resurection, I feel...

I've been saving seeds like mad and sprinkling some about now. My corn flowers this season were wonderful. I've completely fallen for annuals this year, the poppies and margolds, nicotinia etc etc have all done so well, bless their little cottons... bestest was my Ricine harvest, mind you... Ricinus Communis, I shall go try take piccy, cos it really was amazing, hard to believe it was an annual, it's hoooooooooge

[Compostwoman]

Wow, a Caster Oil plant? any pics?

[Lottie]

Wow, a Caster Oil plant? any pics?

I think so... mind you, anything could happen, I ain't technical, CW...



Blimey, that's tinsy winsy.. hmm... hey ho.. gives an idea anyhoo.