Our Gardens

Those are fab pictures Ruth1 - I always leave slugs and snails for the birds and hedgehogs so you’ve already got lots of birds ……🥰
 
Ruth1 said:
Enjoyed myself this evening photographing snails 🤣. I should really take them far away from me plants, but they look so happy where they are. I better not come down to stalks in the morning!
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Hum, yum, yum what a lovely picnic we are having 😆
 
I couldn't take a photo as i didn't have my phone, but a few minutes ago I was wondering down the garden (after checking if it was cool enough for the piggies!) when I looked to the end and saw ... 2 muntjac grazing in the long grass.
That's something we've not had before. And I don't know how they managed to get in through the hedge and fences. Hope they dont find their way into the main garden and demolish my flowerbeds!
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
I couldn't take a photo as i didn't have my phone, but a few minutes ago I was wondering down the garden (after checking if it was cool enough for the piggies!) when I looked to the end and saw ... 2 muntjac grazing in the long grass.
That's something we've not had before. And I don't know how they managed to get in through the hedge and fences. Hope they dont find their way into the main garden and demolish my flowerbeds!
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How lovely 😊 We saw fallow deers in daughters garden when we were house sitting in East Sussex, they do live in the Ashdown Forest though so I suppose it’s to be expected
 
We've had that much warm weather followed by torrential rain, the garden was like a jungle. We've had a few dry days and I got a search party to look for the tribe of pygmys living in the long grass. I've still got to tidy around the fences and get rid of the dead plants. I edged the lawn and give it a good mow. The grass had grown 2-3" over the path narrowing it substantially. It now looks much neater.
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My grass remains green even during a drought, there is an underground stream at the bottom of my garden. When it rains the lawn becomes marshy very quickly. During prolonged dry spells the lawn draws moisture from the stream. 👍
 
BossHogg said:
We've had that much warm weather followed by torrential rain, the garden was like a jungle. We've had a few dry days and I got a search party to look for the tribe of pygmys living in the long grass. I've still got to tidy around the fences and get rid of the dead plants. I edged the lawn and give it a good mow. The grass had grown 2-3" over the path narrowing it substantially. It now looks much neater.
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Get some pigs they’ll fettle it!
 
BossHogg said:
We've had that much warm weather followed by torrential rain, the garden was like a jungle. We've had a few dry days and I got a search party to look for the tribe of pygmys living in the long grass. I've still got to tidy around the fences and get rid of the dead plants. I edged the lawn and give it a good mow. The grass had grown 2-3" over the path narrowing it substantially. It now looks much neater.
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All ready for the run! When do the piggies arrive Aunty Betty?
 
Looking out a back window at lunchtime, I saw this bird sitting on the fence. It didn't seem bothered to see me, stayed there quite some time. I think it was a buzzard, when I played on my phone the mewing sound they make, it looked round at me quickly. I'm hoping it's taking more interest in the rabbits and magpies in the garden than the small birds20220806_131806.webp

Just in time for us to be going away on holiday, the plums are producing an absolute deluge of fruit.
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I must have picked getting on for 25 pounds already, most of which I've given away. The greengage trees seem to be getting ripe too, so I hope they don't all fall off before we get back from holiday 🤞
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Looking out a back window at lunchtime, I saw this bird sitting on the fence. It didn't seem bothered to see me, stayed there quite some time. I think it was a buzzard, when I played on my phone the mewing sound they make, it looked round at me quickly. I'm hoping it's taking more interest in the rabbits and magpies in the garden than the small birdsView attachment 208768

Just in time for us to be going away on holiday, the plums are producing an absolute deluge of fruit.
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I must have picked getting on for 25 pounds already, most of which I've given away. The greengage trees seem to be getting ripe too, so I hope they don't all fall off before we get back from holiday 🤞
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Oh greengage, I haven’t seen any in years, lucky you 😊
 
My Tiger Flowers have started to bloom, I’ve missed a pink one already but the peach one is lovely today
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I got a couple of cheapo plants from Morrisons recently, they were only a couple of pounds each so couldn’t resist
The delphinium is looking fab and really healthy, the other one is a Penstemon

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Qualcast&Flymo said:
I did see some in tesco a week ago, but they came from Spain or somewhere similar I think 😒
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Oh really! Gosh I’ll have to check in future as I like to buy UK and preferably from someone local, but I couldn’t resist the white delphinium
 
Bill & Ted said:
Oh really! Gosh I’ll have to check in future as I like to buy UK and preferably from someone local, but I couldn’t resist the white delphinium
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If you lived nearer me, you'd be welcome to some of ours- or if you lived near Portsmouth, which is where I'll be tomorrow (Sunday) en route to our holiday 😀 sadly I think Cornwall is a bit too far 🤔
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
If you lived nearer me, you'd be welcome to some of ours- or if you lived near Portsmouth, which is where I'll be tomorrow (Sunday) en route to our holiday 😀 sadly I think Cornwall is a bit too far 🤔
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Thank you anyway.
At a previous allotment in North Yorkshire there used to be a large greengage in an adjoining garden which overhang our allotment, needless to say we collected “the spoils”. We made the most amazing jam. Never seen one down here in Cornwall
 
I put up my new greenhouse (not sure if it will survive a winter, but for now I’m all pleased with it! Sat in it now, with a mug of hot coffee. I’m boiling! 🤣🤣
 

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While we were away on holiday, the fruit trees went into overdrive. It looked like the wasps had finished off the early plums but the Victoria plums and greengages had started dropping ripe fruit.
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It took hardly any time to puck this lot, the ones in tubs came off the floor, I had to get a ladder to reach the others. I've made 11 jars of jam with the better ones and some others and been snacking on the less perfect ones (sadly they tend to split when they fall )
I've also had loads of figs to find homes for ..
 
Free Ranger said:
Guess who's there?
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I'm a shadow... they can't see me!
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Gotcha George!
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And he's found a bit of grass that survived the heat. Enjoy a nibble, old boy 🥰
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Awww piggy 😍
I wish I could let my piggies out free range like that. Even if I blocked the gap under my back gate (which is just right to let the hedgehogs in) it would be dodgy for the pigwigs - too many big, dense shrubs, it would be a nightmare to try and catch them! Do you have to fence off any areas?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
While we were away on holiday, the fruit trees went into overdrive. It looked like the wasps had finished off the early plums but the Victoria plums and greengages had started dropping ripe fruit.
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It took hardly any time to puck this lot, the ones in tubs came off the floor, I had to get a ladder to reach the others. I've made 11 jars of jam with the better ones and some others and been snacking on the less perfect ones (sadly they tend to split when they fall )
I've also had loads of figs to find homes for ..
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Send some greengage jam this way please! Love greengages!
 
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