Personal Blogs

Over the weekend I spent an hour or so in the garden, and  in my little garden wooded area,  behind my house, clearing away more weeds. The grass is growing long and I am leaving it to grow,  to encourage lots of insects and butterflies. 

I went "inside" my little mini- wood,  this definitely needs tidying up. If I am to still use it for sitting in, then I need to lop off some of the branches or they will poke me in the eye!

Then the trees in the little wood that need trimming, are some Elders, an Apple tree, a Pear tree, a Holly tree, and another I can't yet identify yet, then going the other way, there's a row of evergreens. A plum tree in front, on the small lawn and various butterfly bushes, and a golden privet to the side. These form the outer walls of the canopy.

The floor of my little garden wood has branches and stones, these need clearing out of the way. There are bits of wood scattered around and broken pots, slabs and rocks that are the remainder of what was once a pond, which has dried up with the heat.
Pity,  I had such high hopes for it!

For the hedgehogs, I have placed an old small box no longer in use, onto its side and filled it with straw, this is good for when the hedgehogs visit.
A few times a squirrel has visited the garden woodland area recently, so I have put some nuts out for it, on the branch and on top of fence, which is his usual entry path.

The bramble berries to the side of the wood are now ripening, some red, some black and will soon be ready to pick. The whole bush,  was alive with the activity of butterflies, bees, insects, and now they are gone, it's the birds that are flying down to eat the berries.

The bird boxes are still on the trees high up above me, where we recently placed them. I don't know if there are any birds in the bird boxes yet, maybe next year. On the other side of my mini wood is my old, rather rustic, cobbled together wooden bench, looking a wee bit rickety, but still ok.

In here I can escape under the trees and sit and listen to the birds, read my book and study in peace. I can see to read if it is sunny enough! There is a shaft of sunlight shining through the trees illuminating the wood at the side of the garden and partition fence, that leads out to the front garden beyond.

I can see everything going on from inside of the wood,  Yet I am completely out of view from others!
It's just like my own little hideaway!


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