Honest toil

Saturday, April 21st, 2012 03:16 pm
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Such weeds we office workers are.

Having spent a couple of hours in the garden with the mattock, fork and rake, digging up what used to be the lawn, we're knackered. We're only about 2/3 done, too.

Never mind. We'll finish it tomorrow, weather permitting and then, instead of sewing more lawn grass, we are are going to sprinkle meadow seeds and trample them in. Provided the current levels of rain and warm continue, it should, by mid summer, give us a mix of wild flowers and meadow grass, which will only need cutting back annually and even then only to about three inches.

If all goes to plan, it will both look splendidly country-like (insofar about 10-15 square metres of garden can look like a country meadow) and attract wildlife.

While we were resting between digging, a breeding pair of robins popped in and mooched for bugs and worms, all the while eyeing us beadily. One of them even stood, picture postcard style on the fork handle. It was unbelievably cheesy and cute.

Neither of us is really fit enough for heavy gardening, sad but true, so we're taking a bit at a time. We don't want to do ourselves a mischief, after all. If it all looks half as good as I hope it will, it's going to be great, and we will start getting some use out of the neglected lower part of the garden, too.

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Date: 2012-04-21 05:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mathcathy
A tiny little bird was hopping on my window sill this morning. I thought it was a tit at first, because it was so small, but it had a pink breast, so I wonder if maybe a bullfinch or something. I should try and find out coz it was really close and quite delightful.

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Date: 2012-04-21 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvet-the-cat.livejournal.com
Of course, you do realised that the robins will now expect you to churn the earth over for them on a regular basis. You will be considered robin-minions henceforth. ;o)

They regularly follow me around when I'm at the Rococo Garden and give me the verbals if I don't get out of the way so that they look for worms in newly churned ground.

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Date: 2012-04-21 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] changeling72.livejournal.com
It sounds lovely. I hope we'll get to see some pics in high summer?

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Date: 2012-04-21 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caddyman.livejournal.com
If it works, there will be!

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Date: 2012-04-22 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nortysarah.livejournal.com
I remember gawping at the camomile lawn seed in B&Q, then deciding against it! Good luck

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