Happy Solstice

~ tidalscribe.com

For those of us in the northern hemisphere this will be our longest day, though as some bright spark is bound to point out, days are always 24 hours long. In my garden we should have over sixteen hours of daylight and rewilding will be at its peak. To celebrate the solstice our guest blogger Florascribe allowed me to share a few snippets from her new podcast.

‘When I look out of my window I feel I am living in the middle of a field, though my neighbours may not feel so joyful.

While they are busy jet washing their brick paving and vacuuming their artificial lawn, I put pots and tubs everywhere to hide the weeds, or rather the plants that identify themselves as wild flowers.

What is that irritating buzzing while I’m trying to enjoy my breakfast in the garden? Oh yes, it’s the bees I’ve been attracting to the garden. My wildflower meadow now has a solitary cornflower.

I managed to photograph this special rose which only lasts one day before its petals fall off.

Rewilding your gates is an excellent idea if they won’t close properly.

Dandelions thrive if you don’t mow your lawn, in fact judging by my neighbours’ front gardens, they thrive even if you do mow your lawn. Dandelions have lots of medicinal qualities and there is only one downside…

When the sun goes in their radiant beauty disappears…

All sorts of flowers might appear in your wild garden, but Do Not proudly share your pictures on your local Facebook pages, just in case you have grown a prohibited invader that is about to rampage through the neighbourhood.’

My thanks to Florascribe and our thoughts go out to her family who have just reported her missing, believed to be lost in long grass.

20 thoughts on “Happy Solstice”

    1. Thanks Pete, I think more often than not one partner is the gardener and the other brings out cups of coffee or helps with the heavy stuff. If both love gardening there could be conflict as to what to plant and where!

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  6. Now I feel guilty, having recently jet-washed my patio! But it was the first time in 12 years! On balance, I have allowed the shrubs, the beech hedges, and the leylandii to grow unmolested for the last two years. They are now full of nesting birds of different types, and providing shelter and sanctuary from local cats.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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    1. Ha ha Pete, no need to feel guilty, sounds like a wild life paradise.. We had our front brick drive jet washed after some building work years ago and swept clean sand into the cracks and it looked lovely for one day!

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