Nothing beats a real lawns, even though some work is involved.About a month ago ,as usual, our lawn looked shocking.But this year we treated ourselves to a lawn care company scarifying and aerating it.Then at the weekend DH cut it,and like the rest of the garden it's springing back to life amazingly.Yesterday our newish neighbours invited us to see the alterations to their garden.It looks immaculately tidy.All solid fences down to the ground,paving,decking and artificial grass.An outdoor room,rather than a garden though to me,and I came away feeling a bit depressed.No hedgehog holes,no hedges left for nesting birds and no real grass for the blackbirds to rummage for worms after a rain shower. Each to their own I guess.But it made me even more determined to make our garden a pleasure for us,and the wildlife too.So this morning I topped up the bird baths,fed all our lovely regular birds and vowed not to get too carried away tidying the bottom end where the logs are piled,the bee hive is and we let it go a bit wild the hope of giving a hedgehog or two a chance of survival. Creating a wildlife pond is my next project, but considering it carefully as want to make it safe with young GC visiting.
