How Does our Garden Grow?

Sandy_123 · July 17

Aww it sounds nice, my weeds are back again

Teigr · July 17

I hope I can save it,the flowers were so pretty;like big.pink cabbages.

Sandy_123 · July 17

Oh wow sounds nice that does

Teigr · July 17

They're a bit 'showy' for some people's liking but I love them.

Sandy_123 · July 18

Sounds nice tho I'll av to take some pics tomorrow

Albus_Scope · July 19

Well, it looks like it's ant nuptial flight day again. Flying ants everywhere!

Sandy_123 · July 19

Hate flying ants horrible things they get stuck in my hair

Teigr · July 20

I've not seen flying ants for a long time,I can remember a plague of them when I was a kid.

They were everywhere.

Sandy_123 · July 20

We get them every year

michael57 · July 21

just been sat in the garden with a cuppa watching a couple of wild pigeons taking turns in the bird bath with our rather feisty resident male black bird a great way to start the day

Sandy_123 · July 21

Its a lovely day today for wild life in the garden

michael57 · July 21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/891437#Comment_891437

well it was am now dog sitting while dawnie off shopping with her son for a wedding outfit i think i had the best deal haha

Sandy_123 · July 21

Oh definitely @michael57

I'd make another cuppa in the garden I'm going to finish my coffee off in the garden

michael57 · July 21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/891447#Comment_891447

we are and have lol getting up to mischief while no one is here to watch over us

Jimm_Scope · July 21

We haven't had as many ants in our garden since we released ladybirds in the garden.

We discovered that ants apparently "farm" aphids on plants. They protect and keep the aphid eggs/larva alive on the plant to extract nutrients from the plant for the ants to then take.

I remember last year discovering a bit conga line of ants heading straight for one of our catnip plants which I saw was covered in aphids. The ladybirds sorted all that out, and I've also seen far fewer ants this year.

Sandy_123 · July 21

Hmmn interesting @Jimm_Scope it's amazing how insects and wild life work

poppy123456 · July 21

As some of you know I moved into my new home in January this year. My garden was a jungle of long grass and weeds galore in 2 borders. With help from my daughter, a lot of pain, frustration and pure determination I can now sit in my garden and be very proud of what I achieved. I wanted to share some photos with you.