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

by Dandelion on 18th June 2010, 6:43 pm

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!!

by Compostwoman on 18th June 2010, 7:13 pm

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!

by polgara on 18th June 2010, 10:15 pm

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.

by Compostwoman on 18th June 2010, 11:12 pm

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.....

by Guest on 19th June 2010, 10:11 am

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.

by Lottie on 3rd September 2010, 1:33 pm

Wow nothing since June? Shocked

time for resurection, I feel... Wink

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... Cool

Ricinus Communis, I shall go try take piccy, cos it really was amazing, hard to believe it was an annual, it's hoooooooooge Shocked

by Compostwoman on 3rd September 2010, 3:16 pm

Wow, a Caster Oil plant? any pics?

by Lottie on 3rd September 2010, 8:19 pm

Compostwoman wrote:Wow, a Caster Oil plant? any pics?

I think so... Laughing

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

Blimey, that's tinsy winsy.. Laughing

hmm... hey ho.. gives an idea anyhoo. Very Happy