An insite into my garden (Wildlife Gardening Plants)

Name: quissue

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Product:	Wildlife Gardening Plants
Date:	27/05/08 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: plenty to look at when its completed

Disadvantages: always ongoing with something to do

Wow! Today I saw my first Greenfinch in absolutely ages a perfect specimin. Gorgeous green plumage and a fat belly could have been the female. She( I think) was scrubbing around in my front yard for worms and bits of insects which we have plenty of up here in Scotland. Mostly the devilish bitey type.
It was a treat and I love watching the different types of birds we get coming into the garden. I am busy planting at the momment different types of plants to attract butterflies and birds alike. So I am re designing an otherwise boring garden bit by bit. Plants being so costly.

I am looking at some cosmos seeds to fill in the gaps as the flowers are quite tall and apparently the wildlife like them too.

We do not have any hedgehogs here but do have bats and next door to me have a bat colony in their eves. We watch them from time to time at early evening going to and from their nesting site. As they are protected there is not a lot you can do about them.
The Wagtails are nesting for the second time in our woodshed and are busy making a very late nest.
Fasinating to watch these industrious little birds so busy all the time.
We get a collection of wrens, robins, blackbirds, thrushes, tits of all types and the coal tit is a frequent visitor most types of bunting and some woodpeckers although I am still trying to decide on the type. Quick little things can't get a good visual on them. We have also a nesting pair of Red Kites in the area and a couple of Buzzards too. Brilliant to watch in the summer when the sun is high in the sky.
There in mid June you will see the sky larks and swallows and swifts. So nice to see so many of the birds that I thought were quite rare now.
Still getting crows and the larger cousins the rooks but not too many.

It is therefore my task to provide these lovely birds with food for the winter which I do by my bird table if I can keep next doors cats away from them, and now I am planting happy collections of plants and shrubs for them to either nest in or pollenate.
The butterflies are a mix between a small blue and the red admiral and I have seen one or two painted ladies too. The odd cabbage white but not as many as I would have thought.

Wasps are always a problem of course enticed by the sweet smelling varieties of flower. So we have to watch for nests but apart from that things in the garden are coming along nicely.

My most recently bought collection of plants are Rosemary for herb garden as I already have thyme mint and lemon balm my marjaram died last year in the cold spell and so did the bay tree. Shame as I thought it was indistructable.
I have just planted dahlias, Convulvus, Antirhinums, or bunny ears as we called them as kids, a Nice Hollyhock and Lavateria, For height and large beautiful flowers, I have ground covering plants too of various sorts. A nice Yellow bush which was here when I moved in and a Hydranger, (sorry if some of the spelling is wrong.) Never was my strong point. lol
I want to get a few more shrubs that are not too invasive so if anyone has any ideas I am all ears.

My soil can be a little acidic so I have to keep feeding it with various things depending on the plants.
I am preparing an area for my sweet peas to climb up at present so they will give a nice aroma as I open my back door to them.
well back to work talk again soon.

Summary: nice colourful and wildlife friendly