A new direction in the garden.

Just had a mild thunderstorm, it is just raining heavily now and I went out early this morning to water the plants!
A red admiral fluttered indoors rested for a few seconds and then fluttered out .
The new plants seemed to taken well, so does this mean I am earning my green fingers badge? My dad bless him was an excellent gardener and my sister is, I know I will never be as good as them, but I will do my best.
I am going to try to grow a few vegetables next year, so I am going to read up about it , get everything ready, but I am going to start small, and maybe some flowers for the wildlife as I had so many butterflies and bees visiting me this year, it's my humble thanks to them.

A ps.

A ps, I am leaving the clump of nettles near the living patio door, as I have had so many butterflies visiting . The nettles are not in the way. I wondered why I saw so many butterflies, then I realised the nettles!

It's quiet.

Went to my local garden centre with my sister, all she did was moan about the prices,I can get this and that cheaper elsewhere she says, I understand that, but she spoilt it by going on and on. But never mind, I got a bargin, they were selling fuschias and geraniums, half price. So I treated myself for some. Planted them out this morning in the cool gave them a good watering, so hopefully they will do well. I got apple blossom geraniums and pink spangles fuschias.
Had a yellow courgette in home made pasta sauce and it was good. The courgette was home grown, also I was given a green courgette, which is more like a marrow, which I am going to cooked stuffed.
Cooked more beetroot, found a recipe for a apple and beetroot crumble, not sure to try it, but it would be a change, you know? I think I will try it over the weekend.
Apart from that it has been so quiet, not even hearing the birds they have been so quiet, where I am there is plenty of trees for shade for them, not even seen the fox.

A interesting day.

Saw a heron standing by the water's edge , as still as can be.
I was given some courgettes today a green one and a yellow one, home grown . Saw fields of barley , wheat and corn today, loads of poppies and wild flowers.
A red admiral came visiting the garden and I also saw some blue butterflies today when I went deep in the countryside .

All well.

We had a couple of thunderstorms, more lighting than thunder though. But it's nice to have the rain , saves watering the garden. But it is still warm and humid.
All in the garden is well, the rose I really pruned hard, gave a beautiful show. The plants I brought from the front garden to the back have not done well, so I will take them out the pots and find something else to plant, I was thinking maybe plant tomatoes or whatever is suitable for containers . I have read quite a bit about vegetable gardening in pots and containers and it's sounds interesting and fun.  That is going to be my new project for the coming months.
The cacti I repotted are really doing well and the new spider plant  I got last weekend is really lovely settled in well.
Haven't seen the young fox, but have heard it so all well there.

No ear twitch.

Had to go by train very early in the morning, so going through the countryside at a different time than normal, saw loads of rabbits going about their business, the train sounded its horn, not one rabbit ran off they all carried on their business. Not even ear twitch.
The butterfly bushes around train stations grow like weeds, but when I tried to grow one in the garden , it died. What went wrong I do not know, but that was a long time ago, I think I will try again.
Seeing dark pink hollyhocks on the road verges on the bypasses and by the side of the motorways. They are growing really well.
I wonder if it has god something to do with the fumes of trains and traffic why the butterfly bushes and hollyhocks are doing well, what is the secret?
The moon was so low and huge last night, it was awe inspiring seeing it, it looked so beautiful.

Wasps.

Rescued a wasp, yes you  read right rescued a wasp. Got up went downstairs and saw a dopey looking wasp on a money box , so I told it that I will let it out, on condition that it will tell its friends that I rescued it and set it free, so to leave us alone. Wether it will work, that's anyone's guess. My thinking is that the ant hill in the front garden has been left alone and I have no ants indoors, like I normally do, so I reckon being kind to a wasp it might be kind to us. Hope so.
The cacti I repotted, is doing well. One of them has got flowers on, I am so pleased, it would of been a shame to loose them.
Now I have to sort my spider plants out I have got quite a few  babies to pot.
It is very windy today again, but warm ,nice.

Grey & green.

At the moment it is grey, rainy and windy. But it seems to suit the plants what I brought from the front garden to the back garden, they are perking up now, they are in pots .
The cacti I potted up are doing well. Maybe I am beginning to get green fingers on a small scale.
The only real problem I have got are flies, I do not know why they seem to love my house, maybe I should call it the fly hotel!

Memories & my fox

The weather is so nice at the moment, so been making the most of it. I was reminded of the summers when I was younger playing in the garden and all the lovely flowers in my dad's garden. The pinks which are my most favourite flowers their beautiful scent always remind me of my dad, the orange, yellow, pink roses and not forgetting the red rose which had a beautiful scent and such a dark red just like velvet. The lavender bushes, honeysuckle, peonies . But the star of the garden was the huge Christmas tree. Every Christmas people would knock on the door asking if we would sell it, every year the answer would be no. I must not forget the hawthorn hedge love that scent as well.
At right of the back my dad had a small allotment where he grew potatoes, cabbages ,beans lettuce carrots and other veg. I remember my dad asking me to cut a cabbage for dinner, so I did and my dad said that I chose well. I felt 10 feet tall, as my dad rarely gave praise.
And the young fox does live in my garden behind the hedge where it's sheltered .some times in the very early in the morning it's on the lawn sitting there looking around, it is so beautiful, not sure what sex it is at the moment. Even the cats are use to it.
I call it my fox as it chose to live with me, but I do understand that it is a wild animal. And I respect that.