Thursday February 28, 2008

Pictures I wish I'd taken

The BBC have a pictures of the week submitted by the general public that is worth a look at. The two Swan's one (no 7) is awsome.

You have had your fun..

Harry has achieved what he wanted but it is time to bring him back . I am afraid he is a target that is too tempting for the various baddies out there in Afghanistan. What I mean is he could bring more danger on his army chums by being who he is and I don't think he would want that. Hats off to the UK media groups for agreeing to keep a lid of his.

Back garden....

Last year before I suspended this web log writing I talked about covering our back garden with gravel. Well it is done now as you can see. It has worked quite well we think. There is a dry stone wall between the gravel and the beds which is starting to naturalise quite well. In the pots at the moment we have wallflowers, tulips and small pansies. In the summer these will replaced by plants for summer colour. The beds themselves have had a thick layer of bark chippings from a local tree surgeon to keep the moisture in - that was not a problem last summer though! The stream had already been taken out and the rocky bed has lots of perenials in it that are doing really well. In the picture you can see out white wysteria and it is getting that lovely knarled trunk you see on older specimens. I am sure the birds are loosing out but blackbirds seem to be happy foraging in the bark chippings (and the apple/pear cores I leave out for them in the mornings) and I am feeding them all with fat balls and seeds.