What is on your patio?

A hedgehog a few days ago. Probably comes every night as we leave out cat food.

The fox and Seagull have both gone home. The fox just stands there waiting for food. Unlike the seagull who pecks on the door.
The here are some of my Lillie’s. Can’t wait for the huge ones behind them to come out.

RosieandherMaw

More important - what (or who) is UNDER your patio!

Only the base, Maw and Kitty.

We spent one of our wedding anniversaries preparing for the slabs to go down. We knew how to do romantic stuff 😂

Whingey

Lucky Mini Moon! Alpine strawberries! Talking about worms someone at school used to tie them in a knot! 😨

We have alpine strawberries growing everywhere, they're not very tasty though.

It's been a pleasant evening, eating outside on the patio, then watching DD doing some weeding!

We don't know where the alpine strawberries came from, but the patch gets bigger every year. I think the blackbirds spread them around, they love them.

Kate1949, what a fantastic view! I'd love to come by for a coffee or wine! Petra, your patio looks so colourful and inviting!

I love to see others' views. If it weren't such a rotten rainy day I would add a photo of mine.

I've never heard of slow worms. It actually looks like a snake to me. How big are they?

Three pots containing 6ft+ tall lily plants I dug out of a flower bed, a table covered in plastic and a crumbling brick built BBQ which was my late husband's domain.
It all needs some TLC so it's my next project.
Recent visiting wildlife includes a fox and 2 muntjac deer.
I'm happy about the fox, less so about the deer.

They are a leg less lizard CanadianGran. That one was about 12 inches long which is probably about right. We used to find them a lot when we were kids.

There were times during their teenage years when I eyed each of my children and wondered if they would fit under the patio...
My current regular visitor is a very bold fox. S/he leaves me dog toys from time to time, possibly stolen from other gardens.

Barbecue, table and chairs and umbrella. Also the odd mouse or two.

A very grumpy tortoise - she doesn't like the rain we've got at the moment and is in her little house with just her head peeping out! In contrast, the hostas in pots are loving it.

Canadiangran You'd be very welcome. We're in Looe in Cornwall. It's beautiful.

Ground floor flat - small patio containing : four folding chairs; an agapanthus with lots of buds; a pot full of shasta daisies; a flourishing fern; a cherry tree (or it will be) in a big pot; a collection of pots waiting for autumn bulb-planting. Above: full multi-coloured hanging basket.

Looe

Ohh I thought it was a snake Beechnut Twenty odd years ago we had a tiger snake on our decking down at the beach. He slithered away under the house when we opened the back door. That house got the lot, wombats, kangaroos, possums, rats, mice, parrots etc. Probably all gone to God now because of housing developments etc. 🥲

MiniMoon

We don't know where the alpine strawberries came from, but the patch gets bigger every year. I think the blackbirds spread them around, they love them.

Runners! They send out runners everywhere and before you know it, they've taken over, including in the cracks in the paving slabs!

Kate1949

Looe

DH and my first date was in Looe! 😀

How lovely Allira.

It was in the day-time - it looks so much more romantic in your picture, Kate1949.

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An occasional visitor to ours. It's more usually squirrels and pigeons.

A rat! Arghhh!

I have a rotting garden bench which finally collapsed last year. I'm gradually putting bits of it into the dustbin to save taking it to the dmp!

I just have a balcony and when the sun is shining on them I can see snail/slug trails coming down the vertical walls from the flat roof.

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My washing on a clothes horse ready to carry in when it rains, which it did earlier. Also about 100 pots of plants, which I have just watered. They are actually very colourful, the photo doesn't do them justice.

Forgot to mention the shed! The patio is the only level part of the garden. It is a bit of an eyesore but is decorated with fairy lights and dangly ornaments/