Sorry to bang on about my garden again. A traditional suburban street – neatly tendered lawns, often sprayed with weedkiller are the norm. Some neighbours do have pots of flowers (but also I have seen them spraying dandelions with chemicals. So it is not surprising that wildlife is taking its time to colonise. Early spring and a goldfinch was feasting on evening primrose seeds, and I have seen lots of skipper butterflies, but few others despite having nettles and budleia plants. The mulberry trees have plenty of fruit, as do the raspberries but few visitors having lunch! I have lots of roses, herbs, chicory and fennel, and 4 hanging baskets full of flowers. Is it too far for the critters to find me?
In my dreams every garden would be like mine – and populated with slow worms, lizards, foxes and badgers visiting, flocks of birds and butterflies, and moths at night. But the tidiness gene has captured people – fed by advertising. Does my garden look neat and tidy? Defintely not – but it does offer food and sustenance for a variety of creatures – as it should!