Tag: Habitat
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Name for the Gnome
A suitably silly and pretentious name has been chosen; meet Lord Fluffy Erdgeist Superbius, guardian of Toad Henge and his flock of dabbling ducks. Although it does seem late to be moving plants around, the temperature is mild and nothing appears to have suffered for the relocation. I keep looking to see if anything has…
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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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Toad Hall
Yesterday and today are not quite going to plan; I had my covid booster shot, which has always caused a reaction. Plus my arm feels like it’s been punched by Mike Tyson. The corncockles are sprouting like the scabiosa seed head. Thought that perhaps they would all stand a better chance of surviving if they…
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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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On Safari
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/26/damned-as-dangerous-but-ragwort-is-full-of-life I do enjoy my florals, grown quite a few from seed, bought bedding and a couple of more expensive specimens. But it must be said that the most fascination has come from my two prize weeds – Ragwort and Spear thistle. Originally, I kept the Ragwort because of the interesting leaves, knowing nothing about…
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Assembling a stately pile for ladybirds
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-insect-hotel-ladybird-lodge.html Meet my amazing Bay tree Laurus nobilis. It is as high as the house and it makes a novel curtain for the window you can’t see in this image. Apparently they can grow even taller, up to about 59 feet. It is currently home to a pair of wood pigeons, who can be seen…
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