Snails & rats.

When closing the back door last night, there were a couple of snails on the back step and one of them had a funny shaped shell, but it seemed happy enough.
My sister said that she had a black cap in her garden and it was feeding it's chicks. She lives near the woods and she said that she gets all sorts of birds in her garden. She had jays, woodpeckers, wrens. .
But at the moment she is having problems with rats, not a big problem at the moment, she keeping an eye on it, so are her cats.

Nothing doing much again!

Just sitting down looking outside, I can see a dandelion clock, when I was younger I thought they were fairies. Not much doing in the garden apart from rain. Grass is getting long again, but I don't mind. I have seen other gardens with long grass , with this rain there is not a lot you can do.
But mind you there are lots of insects about ,got only bitten once so far which is good for me.

Nothing doing much.

My friend showed me their lawn as it is covered in red and yellow little flowers, they called them weeds , but I call them wild flowers.
It has been a bit to hot to do anything in the garden, I would like to start at the crack of dawn, but I would not be very popular with the neighbours .
It's has been very quiet with the wildlife around here, nothing doing much, not unless you count the flies!
The cacti I moved upstairs have done so well, 2 of them have got white flowers and really bloomed very well, the pink one has done well but is a bit slower.

Moths ants and I done the lawn.

Just finished cutting the lawn just before it rains! Yes! Saw a most beautiful moth while I was cutting the lawn , it was red and black at first I thought it was a butterfly , or maybe a beetle, but having a closer look it was a moth.
Also I found an ant hill , didn't realise it was there at first, then all of a sudden I saw ants upon ants scurrying around. They are welcomed to stay .
Plus also I forgot to put the hedge trimmer on charge so that is a job  for tomorrow.
Yesterday we were out with friends and it was a beautiful day, sun shining, beautiful blue sky ,no clouds and the different shades of green and my friend said that the countryside has never looked so beautiful.
Ps raven the cat said hello and that he helped in the garden to, he was the supervisor, and I could do better!

Ruthless.

Nothing has been happening much in the garden, due to all the rain. But the grass is long, but I have been unable to try my new grass strimmer. Mind you I have noticed that quite a few gardens have got long grass.
Doing the snails and slugs dance again, where they all come from I do not know. My sister h the same problems. But I do not do what a lot of  people  do and throw snails over their walls ,hedges into their neighbours gardens. I know to a lot of people they are right proper pains, hit I just cannot do it to them.
The honeysuckle has done well again, but I am going to be ruthless and prune it when the time comes as it really needs a prune.
The elderberry is in flower, but not so many flowers this time. Mind you it can be dugged up, to be honest I am going to get rid of everything in the garden and start all over again. Apart from the apple tree.

Slugs,snails& worms

I am to blame for all this rain! I only want to try out my new strimmer, the days which we didn't have rain , I had to do something else. But still that is the weather for you.
The garden doesn't look to bad at the moment, so I am not worrying to much. The only problem it brings out the slugs and snails out, so when you go up the garden path you have to do the slugs and snails dance. I must admit I am not very keen on them but I would not hurt them, I don't even put slug pellets. And I am not to keen on worms, but they are welcomed in my garden. One day I will get over the phobia of slugs, snails and worms, I am not as bad as I used to be.

Gardens allotments and foxes.

Been busy helping  a friend with their garden. They have made a little allotment right down the bottom of their garden.they have got potatoes, runner and broad beans, peas strawberries, figs, grapes, spring onions, leeks pumpkins, radishes, growing. Their plum tree looks like it will have plenty of plums this year and the apple tree.
My garden looks sorry for itself, but I have started to sort it, it will take time, hopefully it will be good weather this weekend so I can get out there and do more.
The other morning a fox and her cub paid me a visits and very lovely too. I am sure I said this before and I will say again I love foxes. They do me no harm and I will do them no harm.