Tag: Bog
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Gnome Sweet Home
The seedling Geraniums sprouted on a patch of moss that was growing over aggregate concrete. It had been undisturbed because the garden birds enjoyed dust baths there and we enjoyed watching their antics. I took some of these seedlings yesterday, carefully removing grass but keeping the moss and transplanted them to the edging around the…
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Worth the Effort
Nothing became trapped in the basin overnight. The angle of the branches was easily fixed by propping them on the plant baskets. The corkscrew rush Juncus effusus Spiralis is sat on top of an upturned flower pot to put it in the right water depth level and the spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum is placed…
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Making the Bed
That was surprisingly exhausting. From this >>> To this >>> The stones around the basin were put to one side during excavation, washed off and placed around the basin to prevent the soil being washed straight into the water. I think the slope on the branches is too steep, so something will be done about…
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Bird Houses, Basin and Bog
Mr Fluffy was thrilled with the prospect of hanging the bird boxes; well it involved doing manly things with drills and justified all the other paraphenalia he has accumulated inside the shed they now hang on. He waited very patiently while I spent a good long time clearing away the viscious brambles so he could…
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Harming with kindness
Accept and enjoy garden life. “Slugs and snails have been demonised but they are actually really important in breakdown of material and a food source for other types of animals that are more desirable, like frogs or toads. Be a bit more accepting of new sorts of life forms and maybe if you look at…
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(In)Action
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions I found this link last evening and woke up full of enthusiasm to create a gravel pool (listed on the gravel gardens link, lots of splendid ideas here) so spent some hours attempting to discover answers for the obvious questions. Google interpret pool as ‘swimming pool’, mainly; it worked so much better when search…
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