Sagitar Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 The boss bought me a new bird table for my birthday last month. It took a long time for the birds to approach it, but eventually, the first customer was one of this year's fledgling blackbirds, a female. We have new neighbours and they have cleared the shrubs/trees that made a visual boundary along the fence. Now we have a view right down the Close but I think it may be too open. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I reckon they wanted to look at your lovely garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Nice photo of the blackbird I would prefer a wooden bird table as it makes for a better photo than the pole one we have but the squirrels would just take it over! I prefer it with the shrubs there, I like my privacy though and hate our front garden/driveway as there is nothing either side of it apart from a 2ft high wall! I found a before for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 How did you find that ....... The table looks great as does that image of the bird calling his mates. As for the open plan garden i think it's an improvement because it opens things up and looks cleaner/ brighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 How did you find that ....... I knew Sagitar had posted his garden before so went to the thread they were in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Uncanny the position is the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 We did the garden re-design about three years ago and the new plantings are coming to maturity. One of the plants that we retained in the front garden was a Philadelphus and we decided to support it with a range of other white flowers. Several of them are in flower and there are some photographs below. It's amazing what a range of variations there is in flowers of a single colour.AquilegiaCampanulaDaisiesViolasCistusPotentillaPhiladelphus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Beautiful pictures and really healthy looking flowers..... One thing i don't have is green fingers and it's not for the want of trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Great photos, love the second one. I always think flowers look better with a bokeh background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I think this is probably the summer peak for my little front garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 That is such a beautiful garden, in fact I might pick your brain at some point about planting advice if you don't mind - I'm completely clueless about this stuff. Wanted to get a landscaper in but they want something like £1000 design fee before even starting to talk about doing any work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 That is a really nice garden How long do you spend a week looking after it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Very difficult to say Rich, Most days I do no gardening, On a couple of evenings each week I wander around all the borders and the gravel areas and pull any visible weeds - not more than half an hour because it's done regularly. But then from time to time I do a significant job that may take an hour or more. For example, the Philadelphus that is flowering now will need all the flowered branches reduced in length by about a third once it has finished. I'll shred and compost the cuttings then hoe and rake the border where I've trampled on it. It might take me a couple of hours, but a young, fit bloke would do it much more quickly. I have a written schedule for doing all the standard jobs such as dead-heading and pruning and my routine is "little and often" because I tire very quickly, My health started to go downhill four years ago and I now look after only the small front garden. We redesigned it using mostly shrubs with a mounded shape and limited vigour, so they need little attention, Since then I have thrown out several plants that didn't meet the regime and replaced them with easier items, It takes a lot less time and effort than the old garden which had a lawn, perenniels and sizeable shrubs including roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I confess i'm jealous sagitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Very difficult to say Rich, Most days I do no gardening, On a couple of evenings each week I wander around all the borders and the gravel areas and pull any visible weeds - not more than half an hour because it's done regularly. But then from time to time I do a significant job that may take an hour or more. For example, the Philadelphus that is flowering now will need all the flowered branches reduced in length by about a third once it has finished. I'll shred and compost the cuttings then hoe and rake the border where I've trampled on it. It might take me a couple of hours, but a young, fit bloke would do it much more quickly. I have a written schedule for doing all the standard jobs such as dead-heading and pruning and my routine is "little and often" because I tire very quickly, My health started to go downhill four years ago and I now look after only the small front garden. We redesigned it using mostly shrubs with a mounded shape and limited vigour, so they need little attention, Since then I have thrown out several plants that didn't meet the regime and replaced them with easier items, It takes a lot less time and effort than the old garden which had a lawn, perenniels and sizeable shrubs including roses. I would've thought you'd spend alot more time than that but I suppose alot of it is in the preparation as well, abit like detailing a car. Once you've done the hard work it doesn't take much time or effort to keep it maintained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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