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hi all just had to let someone know, who i know would understand.
i am my sisters gardener, and we have made her woodland garden, a wildlife garden.
a few months ago she put the garden in to a compatition with our local wildlife trust, and found out this week, that the garden got a bronze award in our catagry,for the best small wildlife garden, so we are chuffed.
i have been working on it for about three years now,it takes me longer to do things than most gardeners becouse i am diabled, so i do most of it sitting on the ground.
when i took it over it was a jungle,i am so thankful my sister trusts me to be here gardener and that she gives me free reign.
at the moment i am diggging a small pond,only about 4ft wide and 3 deep, but becouse we get nweets, toads and frogs, they need some where to go.
anyway thanks for listening, i just needed to share this good news.
i am my sisters gardener, and we have made her woodland garden, a wildlife garden.
a few months ago she put the garden in to a compatition with our local wildlife trust, and found out this week, that the garden got a bronze award in our catagry,for the best small wildlife garden, so we are chuffed.
i have been working on it for about three years now,it takes me longer to do things than most gardeners becouse i am diabled, so i do most of it sitting on the ground.
when i took it over it was a jungle,i am so thankful my sister trusts me to be here gardener and that she gives me free reign.
at the moment i am diggging a small pond,only about 4ft wide and 3 deep, but becouse we get nweets, toads and frogs, they need some where to go.
anyway thanks for listening, i just needed to share this good news.
We have physical disabilities in common, mine with my spine, and I do everything sitting down also. It kills me to rake or use the big shovel. I'm sure you have the same limitations.
It is beautiful to see a seed grow and a flower to open. These simple pleasures are wonderful and free. Keep up the good work!
the toads and frogs come often to the garden and in wintertime have a place to sleep, it looks like they have been doing this for years, as i made them new places to sleep in and hide in, but they just kept going back to the same place, so i have had to build a new frog toad house for them, just where they wanted it, lol.
the things we do foir wildlife!
the pond at the moment is just a hole in the ground, and is nearly ready for the liner to go in,but, winter got there before i did, and so i had to stop, as the ground gets too hard for me to dig, when the frost comes, and also becouse i do a lot of my digging sitting down, i sat and dug the hole with a trowl,by sitting on the ground and digging around myself, lol.and it gets to wet to do in the end.
also most of the wildlife has settled down for the winter, and disturbing them, could kill, them, so i now stop untile about febuary, when i start to sort things out again.
the pond will have no pump, becouse it is to far from the house, and it is rented , so cant sort that out, so i will reley on plants to do that job, anyway thank you again.