Organically I like to think. In other terms I let the weeds grow into nice mature plants, some of which flower. There are a couple that I do have to get rid of like the brambles and the bindweed. The bindweed is a nightmare but it does have pretty trumpet-like flowers. I don’t use any chemicals in the garden but the snails and slugs are an issue – I’m hoping the next door neighbours’ frogs from their pond will eat them all. Since studying I have really been out in the garden but I am a very seasonal gardener – when the sun is shining I might tackle it once or twice in the summer. Buying new plants and planting them out is a joy. Winter garden is a no-no but luckily because the weather in the UK is normally so wet in the winter, there is no reason to go out in to the garden. As you can imagine by spring everything has gone a bit mad.
One of the best things about moving into a house owned by an elderly person (apart from the fact that no-one will mentioned if they went into a ‘home’ or died in the house!), is that the garden is normally full of lovely plants and flowers. Every spring there is tons of bluebells and tulips popping up everywhere and the best of all are the peonies. I just love these bright pink huge blooms that appear every year and they don’t take any looking after (I’m sure there a few gardeners out there disagreeing with this as I’m sure they do need some looking after). I have three of these and if we ever move again I’m taking them with me! An odd thing about buying a house from an elderly person is the fact they always have a greenhouse and various sized sheds. One of these sheds is always situated by the kitchen, so from the kitchen window all you get to see is the shed. At least with my wild garden it does encourage all the wildlife into the garden like bees and butterflies to robins and fat wood-pigeons.






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