During our April visit I was woken up a couple of mornings by a tapping at the bedroom window and looked to see a small Red Squirrel peering in. Wow....!
I had seen this squirrel a few times in the garden during the day and surprised it, resulting in it running around the perimeter to escape my gaze.
Realising it has scalled the barn walls to look in the windows, I now understand why some of the roofing installation has been found in the gravel path. A task for my next visit will be to securing the loft opening to ensure we do not have or get Red Squirrels in the loft and keep them in the garden!!
April has again seen the garden flourish and many of the plants and shurbs are blossoming, non more so than the Iris we planted at the rear and south facing wall. In full sun most of the day, it have rapidly grown as all the plants seem to in the conditions.
During early April, we again treated the grass with Verdone that fees the weeds and causes them to grow too quickly, dying as a result. Our visit at the end of April showed that the weeds had again been attacked and as each year goes by there are less to tackle.
Our hard work over previous years is paying dividends, as the shrub beds need less weeding and the bark/mulch is doing it's job. We still have to remember that we are merely taming a field to create a garden, but we seem to slowly be succeeding and can enjoy the environment we have created.
