landscaped my garden in aprail,got rid of grass and made large aeras for planting flowers,shrubs.A snall pond with marsh marigold and yellow iris,the frogs love the logs and the york stone drywalling around the borders.I compost everthing and have now got a new friend that watches every move i make very closely ron the robin.
My house used to be rented out and as a result the garden was a tip. It was frequented by birds of all kinds, amphibians and all maner of insects and butterflies. Although it was that bad I couldn't use it.
Now it's orderly, most of the wildlife has moved out. Gardening flies in the face of mother nature. Its a process where natural plants that thrive are removed and pretty plants are artificially supported. It's ceases to be survival of the fittest to become survival of the prettiest.
Its a funny old time autumn. Theres the hint of sadness that summer is over but for me as a container vegetable gardener, I've got all sorts of planting jobs to do as well for the over winter veg.
Forgive my ignorance as a relatively new gardener, but whilst I agree and see the benefits of leaving the tidying until spring to help the wildlife I face a dilemma. I have lots of bulbs to plant this autumn for spring, but I can't see how I can do this without tidying up as the borders are pretty crammed. I know the answer is probably really simple and looking at me right in the face, but I woud be grateful if you could advise.
Just do as I do and push back the leaves, pop in a bulb, then put the leaves back. Works a treat. I have been doing it for years and sometimes the leaves have not rotted by the time the snowdrops arrive and it is amazing how the sharp tip of the snowdrop flower will pierce through a leaf.
I am very new to gardening (well paving stones with lots of containers), and just recently I have come out every day to find piles of worm like soil, pushed up between my paving stones. does anyone have any idea, what is causing this and whether I should be concerned/dong something, as I am fast losing the soil between my slabs. Oh and the Clematis is very sad, how can I cut this back and perhaps start again. I did say I was new to this...
In my gardens I like to cut back some of the perennials, and leave the ornamental greasses as well as the Daisy-like flowers for their seed heads to feed the birds. The leaves? Well I remove some of them, put before winter comes, there is always more that have blown in, so I leave them (They cover the plants and offer some winter protection)! My rose pruning I waite for Spring also. Planting tulips involve pushing aside the left over leaves, and planting away.
Hi Mark Gardening? Natural? No! But it can be controlled nature, especially if your post garden-makeover regime is wildlife-friendly, as practised by Happymarion amongst others. Then I'm sure the wildlife will return.
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Now it's orderly, most of the wildlife has moved out. Gardening flies in the face of mother nature. Its a process where natural plants that thrive are removed and pretty plants are artificially supported. It's ceases to be survival of the fittest to become survival of the prettiest.
Gardening is such a human concept of nature.
Oh and the Clematis is very sad, how can I cut this back and perhaps start again. I did say I was new to this...
My rose pruning I waite for Spring also.
Planting tulips involve pushing aside the left over leaves, and planting away.
Gardening? Natural? No!
But it can be controlled nature, especially if your post garden-makeover regime is wildlife-friendly, as practised by Happymarion amongst others.
Then I'm sure the wildlife will return.