Alas,
rain stopped my plans to go out this weekend although it did not stop
council workers going in next door, which is currently vacant, and
raising half of the yard. I dread to think what it will be like when completed.
There
used to be a couple living next door who cared about gardening and
birdlife. Every so often they would buy a new shrub or plant and pop
it in some place... The birds really enjoyed having 4 homes in a row
that catered to birds, too. Alas, the lady passed away not
too long ago and the council are gutting the place, inside and out.
The
new tenants obviously do not care for either, having the yard
stripped bare, it seems. The shed, water butt, bird bath, bird table,
bird house, bird feeder pole have all gone now. I do not know what Beatie will do when
she tries to find her nesting spot and finds no bird house!
Saturday
produced wind and rain - and the gradual ripping out of the yard next
door -
-
thankfully the rain got heavier so they packed up halfway through.
(NB on th date of posting this blog rather than writing it - it is the day after they completed the work - more photos to follow in a latter post - :( If you look at that nice thick hedge in the bottom left corner of these photos - it is the last you will see of it - it's now GONE!)
In
happier news - HERE is a cute owl video.
Yikes. Hopefully it's just because the new people want to landscape it with their own stuff.
ReplyDeleteJust noticed the link to the owl video. He is cute. :D
ReplyDeleteAlas, I fear they are not at all interested in either birds nor gardening. The council were still ripping it out yesterday... There is no hedge, trees, shrubs, ANYTHING but a wire fence left between out properties on their side. (I have a prickly berry tree, what i hope is honeysuckle, forsythia, elder, unidentified something in a pot, and holly tree on my side - I shall fill in the gaps with hedge cuttings from the front yard and regrow the hedge between us to 4-5 feet, I think.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pity. At least you can regrow the hedges on your side.
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