some of our visitors
We always get a range of visitors to our garden, not only lots of birds as my wife puts food out for them, but also in the past we have had Hedgehogs, Mice, Squirrels and one day a Muntjac Deer.
The first part of the garden was taken up with a‘ lean-to’ on the back of the house, a garage to one side and a lawned area. The second section had three fruit trees amongst a sea of Brussel Sprouts. The final section at the very end of the garden was a vegetable plot. The whole garden was lined one one side with a six foot hedge running the whole length.
It wasn’ t a quick transformation by any means, and with a new baby the same year made it a bit slower, but after several years we had a garden we could enjoy. Being a keen photographer I did take various opportunities to capture different stages and the changing seasons as best I could.
Our first task in the garden was to trim everything in the garden to tidy up a bit and then take out all the Brussels and lay some grass in its place.
That was a rare occasion but we do try to photograph as many as we can. Here are few we have captured. We would be interested in seeing pictures of birds and animals from your garden if too.
If you would like to send them in please contact us on: onthebutton. online @ gmail. com
Plants My wife is the expert, in our house, on flowers and she has have created some planting areas around the lawns and put in some fabulous looking beds, along with a Rockery between the first and second sections. We have a Pear tree, a Cooking apple tree, a Grape Vine and two Fig trees. There are also some Wild Strawberries, Rhubarb and some herbs.
The two images above of the Squirrel and the Collared Doves were taken on a Game Camera which I move around the garden to see if I can capture different animals in other parts of the garden. It also captures video so I will try and add these to the online version of the magazine. More images next month.
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