I haven't posted much in my Pop thread the last couple of weeks, this is why.
Our back garden is not huge although it dwarfs modern houses pathetic plots. Wifey and I are keen on wildlife and looking after it and as a result our garden does not conform to most peoples mown flat hell.
We already have a wildlife hedge, all native shrubs and it is paying off this year with nesting birds. Wifey has raised beds which are again, not planted how most people would which results in our garden being full of bees of all types.
The last bit was a wildlife pond. Space is a touch limited but there was a part of the garden that until now was a desolate mess of nowt.
This is what I came up with.
All the planting is native species. The small soil patch is a bog section fed from the pond when it rains, again native bog flowers. The gravel is a bit unconventional for a wildlife pond but its the path to the garden shed. The pond does border onto wild hedging and "mini-meadow".
Today we hade our first wildlife arrival, a solitary water boatman. Oh, the birds love it.
The plant still in the aquatic basket turned out to be unsuitable for a small pond so it sits there for now.
Our back garden is not huge although it dwarfs modern houses pathetic plots. Wifey and I are keen on wildlife and looking after it and as a result our garden does not conform to most peoples mown flat hell.
We already have a wildlife hedge, all native shrubs and it is paying off this year with nesting birds. Wifey has raised beds which are again, not planted how most people would which results in our garden being full of bees of all types.
The last bit was a wildlife pond. Space is a touch limited but there was a part of the garden that until now was a desolate mess of nowt.
This is what I came up with.
All the planting is native species. The small soil patch is a bog section fed from the pond when it rains, again native bog flowers. The gravel is a bit unconventional for a wildlife pond but its the path to the garden shed. The pond does border onto wild hedging and "mini-meadow".
Today we hade our first wildlife arrival, a solitary water boatman. Oh, the birds love it.
The plant still in the aquatic basket turned out to be unsuitable for a small pond so it sits there for now.
garden certainly not manicured, more "organic" as in it kind of developed on its own over the years.. despite interference from me 
