Friday morning, up early, a quick look around to see if the severe winds of last night had caused any damage.
All looks well except for the expected tons of leaves lying everywhere.
Stood for a while watching a Wren foraging in the border in amongst the hedging. The wildlife in the garden gives me as much pleasure as the plants do. Check out this brilliant bird website, an award should be forthcoming for this one http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/home.shtml
Evening newspaper has just come in, a lot of destruction in the city and surrounding area. Also very sadly, report of a fishing vessel missing in the North Sea.
Hope you covered that garden pond with netting, it doesn’t take much to imagine the damage caused by rotting leaves, which could well finish off your goldfish with the poisonous toxins released in the water.
Spent an hour or so before the rain started clearing up those leaves. Leaves lying on a woodland floor are fine, gradually adding nutrients which is beneficial to the well being of the trees. However in a garden setting they can cause damage, especially on the lawn, where leaves if left for any length of time will cause damage to the grass. Rake them up, sweep them, or get out the garden vac.
Also you can become environmentally friendly and compost the fallen leaves. Word of warning though, they take a hell of a time to rot down.
Wren (Permision of David Gains)
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