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By dorjac

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My garden is a short walk from the town centre. It is 40 feet by 50 feet and it gives me and my husband a great deal of pleasure. Lots of wild birds and animals visit us from time to time. Foxes,the odd squirrel, sparrow hawk, and lots of birds, such as greenfinches, the occasional Jay and recently two mistle thrushes spent the weekend here. There is a sunken lawn which seems to be a natural feature. A mature Hazel and Hawthorn. As we like native trees . We have had 4 lots of fox cubs under the garden shed, even though the garden is well used. They wreck the garden when they play, so when they go I am really pleased.

Thanks all of you who have replied. The avatar is a snowman who sat in my gazebo for about 3 weeks and slowly shrunk to nothing. I moved him inside so the rain kept off him. He left 3 sticks and 2 stones on the seat, as a thank you.He left his track shoes too. It was very kind of him to stay a while. He might have done a bit of gardening while I wasn’t looking.
The foxes were very playful, but the garden is small, and cannot take the trampling and fighting amongst the sprouting plants by 4 growing fox cubs. Also it’s my bluebell time. Fox cubs and bluebells do coincide and look pretty together in a wood. A word of warning. When they leave home they leave some very militant fleas behind. If they get you, it hurts and raises a big itchy bump. A lot of dog flea powder sorted them out. Mr fox also liked bags of nappies (used). He buried them in my shrubbery. A more sensible but sad present for the kiddies was someone’s pet bunny. Urban foxes also like plastic bags and fast food boxes. The odd one comes back for a nostalgic kip under the hawthorn in the sunshine. After all it is his garden!

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Welcome to GOY. Your garden sounds lovely and looks as if it's very colourful. It would be lovely to see more photos.

18 Jun, 2009

 

Lovely pictures. Welcome to GOY.

18 Jun, 2009

 

Fantastic photos.
Good blog. :o)

18 Jun, 2009

 

A warm welcome to GoY, Love the shots, and all the wildlife you have, shame about the fox cub's wreaking havoc on your garden though, but I bet they are a joy to watch.

18 Jun, 2009

 

lovely plants

18 Jun, 2009

 

nice garden. we only get the occasional fox on ours but they dont spend long enough on it to cause any damage. happy gardening. :-)

18 Jun, 2009

 

another welcome to GoY from me as well.

18 Jun, 2009

 

...and from me! Lovely photos. :-)

18 Jun, 2009

 

what great pics
lots of bright and cheerful colours

whats your Fuschia called
its like a little tutu

I want some hehehe

x x x
WELCOME TO GOY

18 Jun, 2009

 

Lovely photos,your garden sounds smashing although I,ll let you keep your foxcubs,dont think my lot would share their domain Happy snowman looks so comfortable,lol.......

18 Jun, 2009

 

welcome to GoY.
great first blog.

18 Jun, 2009

 

Here's another welcome. I liked reading about your garden.

19 Jun, 2009

 

Loved to read about your garden and see all the photos. Wildlife do tend to take over sometimes depending on the location. We now live on the edge of a little market town to make life easy but all around the views are spectacular. The only Mr. & Mrs. Reynard family here would be a suburban one I guess.

Hope you love G oY as much as I do.

19 Jun, 2009

 

Welcome. really enjoyed your blog. Sue

19 Jun, 2009

 

Garden is lovely...great blog....Welcome to GOY..:>)

21 Jun, 2009

 

Found this photo of the local traffic cop who was just outside in the snow earlier in the year.

22 Jun, 2009

 

Oh found I couldn't include a photo here so shall put it in my photos instead for you to see.

22 Jun, 2009

 

welcome and loved the color

24 Jun, 2009

 

A very belated, but warm, welcome to you, Dorjac. Just caught up with your blogs. Your garden sounds lovely and the wildlife fantastic. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

9 Jul, 2009

 

Hello and a late welcome from me too. I liked that you chose your garden as the subject of your first blog. I enjoyed reading about the foxes and appreciated the way you expressed yourself in words. I also liked the choice of subjects, the sharpness and colour of the photos in this blog. I look forward to seeing more.

15 Nov, 2009

 

the last picture, ROCKS!!! :)

great blog...

7 Sep, 2013

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