Some pics from my garden today

Yes anno, here the rooks (crows?) do the same, lifting the string with a foot to get at the contents, sometimes unhooking in the process and flying off with them. The magpies are obviously less intelligent, leaning precariously from the top of the feeder trying to reach, mainly unsuccessfully.

The crows discovered, and demolished, my half coconuts! They are as crafty as squirrels.

Shysal
At least in Northumberland we don't have that problem.... yet!

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My new squirrel-proof peanut feeder!

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My favourite iris, 'White City'. My rhodo, I can't remember the variety off hand, and just a few chives... But the bees like them!

lovely photos, Im still struggling with a dinosaur phone, not yet managed to send photos via computer yet. Maybe one day I will put my 8tft leylandii hedges up for you all to see. lol

Taken during a brief sunny spell - Lamium orvala, a favourite of mine.

Just the day for some cheering photos!

I was tempted yesterday too bags and brought in a couple of heads from one of the rhodies, creamy, with a tinge of pink. Beautiful.

I have the ordinary peonies nowhere near opening but the buds on my peony tree, which I planted 3yrs ago, are opening now.

Brought some of the garden in last night

Not quite from my garden (seen on Twitter):

"Wilderness. The word itself is music". How beautiful!

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It's all getting a thorough watering today, we really needed it.

Lovely kitchen window views from you all.
Grannyknot beautiful California Poppies, they are one of my favourites.

Thanks culag, peonies are not my area of expertise at all. I do have a peony tree too, but it's not looking very big even after four years.

The peony is P. mlokoswitschii (pronounce that if you can!) and my books say if flowers in late spring, whereas the ordinary one P. officinalis flowers in summer. This is its third year and it only had three flowers last year.

Mine are still tight buds, as are my roses. We went to a walled garden a few weeks ago, north of here, and their peonies were out. Mine were still just stalks with leaves unfurling.

LONA



I love peonies too but they don"t do so well in my garden !

Culag I love peonies.

Nonu

UM, UM, Pretty , sort of romantic !

That looks so pretty Janerowena

Just now, from my kitchen window. The strange-looking grating you can see to the right is the anti-GC protection device on pond no1. Pond no2 is much further down the garden and is a wildlife pond, so not so easy to make childproof, and we have had to install fences and trellises across the garden at various points. Luckily it is quite a way from the house.

Oh Granny, I have tried to grow these, you are the lucky one , I have tried to get these going in my garden with nil success .

LONA what a pretty sight for you !

Beautiful * Culag*

Taken a few days ago, now past it's best, a peony.