A tiny splash of pink before we go totally green.
What gardens looked like in the Jurassic period.
No Mow May is here again and let’s see who can grow the tallest blade of grass.
Have you rewilded your garden or do you have an artificial lawn?
No Mow May
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We don’t rewild because our area has a big tick problem.
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Yes Liz, I remember having this conversation before. We are warned not to go wandering in the New Forest with shorts on and they were just talking about Lyme disease on the radio this morning.
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Yes, Lyme disease is the biggest danger.
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My place has a lot of trees, shrubs, perennials, near-weeds, and actual weeds, but it’s not a natural environment, so can’t be called rewilded. Native plants are next to non-native ones. A small section of the municipal boulevard is intended to look like a rural roadside, but sometimes it just looks like a mess. Urban wildlife (deer, raccoons, squirrels, and all kinds of birds) seem to like the place.
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My rewilding often looks a mess and you are right, it’s not real rewilding. European bison have been introduced in England as key rewilders to do lots of chomping and trampling around as their ancestors would have.
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I think I’d rather have our deer than a herd of bison!
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They live somewhere in Kent and well away from people’s gardens!
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About 15 years ago, my grandson and I pulled up the entire front lawn to teach the moles a lesson. My wife continues to plant flowers in the space, the moles moved to the small lawn in the backyard, and I grow weeds where the neighbors can’t see them.
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Sounds like a sensible idea. I have never had moles in the garden. On holiday in the woods my young grandson spotted a dead mole, he later said that was the highlight of his holiday! When I saw it I was surprised how small it was, I always thought them at least the size of a large guinea pig or small cat. Of course American moles are probably bigger?
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My moles (or voles or whatever they are) don’t see that big but they make a big mess of the landscaping.
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“Me, I’m just a lawnmower. You can tell me by the way I walk.”
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We have a real lawn, but not a ‘stripey-neat’ type. I don’t treat it or water it, and I no longer weed out the dandelions. But it is cut once a month by a gardener I pay to do it. The small birds seem to love it being cut, and rush around on the grass as soon as he leaves. Shrubs down one side and Leylandii hedges along the other are home to many different birds, and the Oak trees (one front/one back) are home to bats owls, and squirrels.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A good point about the birds Pete. Although I mow most of the back lawn so I can get to the washing line and the grandsons can play, we should all have a mowed stretch so the daises can grow and the birds can dig up worms and bugs. It’s still natural as animals graze on grass and keep it short.
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I don’t need to rewild my garden – It is rewilding itself very successfully despite my efforts at taming it!
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I’m sure you must be top rewilder on WordPress!
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