Diary Of A Wild Country Garden

Wishing all readers of Diary Of A Wild Country Garden a wonderful time over Christmas and a very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog this year. It is lovely to know there are so many of you who care about gardens and wildlife, birds and animals and I look forward to sharing more with you.   If you like this post please share and do consider joining us on Diary Of A Wild Country Garden Community Facebook Page

Look at this little Robin. When I was out gardening on Sunday he was with me all the time.  He flew down about fifteen minutes after I started clearing away some branches and sat on the fence for awhile. Then after hubby had done some digging and I was lightly raking over the soil and clearing weeds, he came right down onto the soil about a foot away from me. I was crouched down at the time clearing around a shrub and stayed very still and he hopped around finding food coming up really close to me. I could have easily reached out and touched him. He was so pretty with his red markings. I dare not move for fear of startling him. He knew I was there and this little bird looked straight at me curious but not frightened. I was totally in awe of being so very close to this little wild bird. However, I needn't have worried as when I did finally have to move ( I was getting cramp!) he just stayed very calm and sat there looking at me. I think he knew he was onto a very good thing i...

I Love Autumn- Nature And The Memories   Reasons To Love Autumn/Fall This post is a little look back on Autumn's past and why I love the season. You will see Autumn photographs, gift ideas, poetry and memories. I hope you enjoy it.  Autumn or Fall is a gorgeous time of year. Nature gives us a spectacular show of colour and richness to enjoy before we are plunged into winter. Yes, the days get shorter and colder but some of my favourite colours appear in Autumn. Cosy sweaters, hats and gloves start to be worn and out come the richly scented candles evocative of spices, warmth and comfort. We have a wonderful harvest and the benefit of reaping what we have sown earlier. Often beautiful sunsets and sunrises occur and we can watch nature as the year ripens. Wonderful childhood memories come flooding back to me of walking through deep layers of richly coloured leaves and learning about all the trees. All in all Yes I love Autumn ! Viva...

Birds Visiting Our Garden I Love birds, feeding them, watching them and we have quite a few regulars to our garden. Our garden birds helped me so much when I had severe back and sciatic pain. When I could do nothing else and barely move out of my home, I could watch them out of the window and laugh at their antics and marvel at their beauty. Here are some of our bird visitors. Please note that my priority is always not to disturb the birds so for this I do sometimes sacrifice photo quality. Please do not copy the photos without my permission.  I have included some videos here not taken by us but which are very lovely too, I hope you like them. Our Garden And Our Birds When we first moved into our home, the garden was not much to speak of. It was of moderate size and just grass. It did have a mixed hedge at the bottom of the garden. The previous owners had used pesticides and slug pellets etc to keep...