Netherfield

Reflections on a garden: It is that time of the year when the first wave of hatched bird’s are out of the nest but not quite out of the control of their parents. They have discovered the art of feeding themselves, well, just about, but have yet to deny themselves the pleasure of taking the odd tasty morsel from the beak of mum and dad. I mean, who could resist a tasty gyrating leather-jacket or a chopped up wriggling worm, pulled up fresh from the lawn by an eagle-eyed blackbird. You would have to be a human to pass by on those tit-bits. Squawks, squeaks and all manner of noises float around the garden as the fluffy off-spring vie with one another as to who has the biggest opening to be filled with yet another morsel of fat-ball.

Blue iris, red cosmos and the beginnings of Hemerocallis, or to us mere mortals the daylily, are just beginning to produce the flower heads which will adorn the “perennial” bed in front of our patio, As a consequence of our planting, which is inspired by the likes of the Atlantic Ocean and Methuselah (Well it looks like a rough sea and is years old) , we can lay on our sunbeds, sipping a cool glass of sauvignon blanc and cast our sun glassed eyes over the beauty that is nature. A warm breeze gently brushes our exposed skin as we nibble a cheese and onion crisp, or is it now a deep fried thin slice of beetroot, and contemplate the universe. I know, it sounds like something out of a horror movie, but to us, it is home.

The weather this last week or two has given us a great variety of climates. Hot weather, sunshine in abundance, followed by small burst of rain. This has given succour to the weeds in both the flower beds and the gravel paths. Getting down on my hands and knees to extricate these unwanted invaders of our garden is a job and a half. It is also hard on the knees and and the back. Oh the joys of gardening.

More next week.................................

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