Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a good week. Mine has been a good one but quiet and I don't have many favourites to share from it, not because there hasn't been good things happening but because I haven't really done anything exciting, so I thought I would write about my garden. I am of course still linking up with Erika and Andrea to share.
I never used to be someone who got excited about the garden but these days I find myself looking out of the window to see what's changed overnight or wandering outside just to have a little look around. Here are some of the little things I love most about my garden.
Everything is growing really well!
This year everything seems to have gone a little mad. Every time I go outside, something else has grown, another flower has opened or a plant has doubled in size. It is amazing to see and it feels like all my hard work planting and nurturing the little plants has paid off.
The bees and butterflies!
One of my favourite things has to be all the bees and butterflies that visit my garden. I could happily sit watching them buzzing around for ages. I love how the bees disappear into one flower and then make their way on to the next one and I love how the butterflies seem to float around without a care in the world. I like knowing that the flowers are doing their bit to attract them too.
Random flowers that appear from nowhere!
I'll be walking around the garden and suddenly notice flowers growing somewhere I wasn't expecting them. Half the time I've completely forgotten planting them and the other half I haven't got a clue how they got there.
The afternoon sunshine!
One of the best things about our garden is that it gets all the sunshine from about 11am right up until it sets. I should really sit out there more but I don't like the heat and just sitting bores me senseless. I do pop out there throughout the day for a few minutes at a time for a mooch around, to take photos of my plants and give myself five minutes.
It's nice and low maintenance!
I'm not someone who wants to spend every day gardening. I like a garden that mostly looks after itself with the odd bit of help from me. I'll water the plants, pull out a few weeds, cut back the odd plant and that's about it.
Stu cuts the grass!
I think this deserves a special mention because it's one gardening job I don't have to think about. Stu keeps on top of cutting the grass, which I'm very grateful for because pushing a lawnmower around isn't really my idea of fun.
The birds!
There are the blackbirds hopping around looking for worms and the pigeons wander around like they own the place. I was sat here in the week and saw birds flapping around the front of the house and I looked and there must have been about 50 birds just pecking for worms or whatever they were doing. It was very odd to see! I love hearing all the birds singing first thing in the morning too. It's a much nicer alarm clock than my phone.
Everything changes so quickly!
One thing I love is that the garden never stays the same. One week there are buds everywhere, then suddenly they're all flowering. The colours change all the time and every few days there's something different to notice.
What do you love about your garden?
Gardens are always changing indeed. There's always something new.
ReplyDeleteI like everything you mentioned as well! My husband cuts our grass (and complains about the fact that some of my plants spill out from the designated garden space to the yard). I love to see and hear the bees buzzing around. Of course I especially like to see them pollinating a flower on a vegetable plant. Your plants and flowers are looking so good! Great job :).
ReplyDeleteNice job Kim! The flowers are beautiful! I am inspired :)
ReplyDeleteOooh - your garden looks lovely! We wander around the yard every evening after supper to see how the flowers are doing and how my vegies are growing. I love that. I love seeing the bees on the flowers too.
ReplyDeleteKim, your garden looks and sounds so beautiful! I am always amazed when I see lovely and productive gardens! I have a brown thumb, combined with just being lazy. Congrats on your garden!! Happy weekend (and thanks for the football lesson!)! xo
ReplyDeleteI like a low fuss garden as well. I love seeing the bees and butterflies flitting from flower to flower.
ReplyDeleteOh, your garden looks lovely. There is just something peaceful about a garden.
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ReplyDeleteI love my garden. I will walk out into the garden very morning. I am so happy to see a new flower blooming or even some veg ripening.
Have a blessed weekend!
My garden takes care of itself too, well almost. Your garden looks lovely Kim. It really is wonderful to see everything grow. Love those little purple flowers. So pretty!
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Kim....This is so beautifully written. AND..I love the photos that you posted... The sunflower brings so much joy and the other flowers along with the birds and ladybug...this has brightened my day...thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks beautiful! I'm looking forward to spring because last year I had some success with the little front garden bed and some colourful flowers. At the moment, it's looking bare, with only the tiny white flowers along the edge making it through winter.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty flowers! I love to walk in my garden and see what's new too!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I loved you sharing your garden. We just got back from Europe and the one thing I took so.many.pictures of were the FLOWERS. I loved them all and am now inspired to grow more in my yard :)
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