Category: Garden
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In the beginning….
#writeclub #garden It started as a plot of land owned by a farmer – who used it as fodder for his cows and sheep in the wintertime Fencing went up as the cows and sheep moved into another field and a “For sale” Sign rose up Nearby cottage owners clubbed together and as the farmer […]
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Something tiny that changes everything
#Writeclub #Napowrimo #Nature #Life #Water with a nod to Mark @ Writeclub for the prompt. I A small cloud went on a wonder from the west down to the east II A Small Seed was planted by a child helping her mum and dad III The small cloud watered the spot where the small seed […]
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Tulips in the snow
#Napowrimo #Writeclub Another response to a writeclub prompt by yours truly cheers to Gary @ Writeclub for providing it The bulbs had sleeping all Winter waiting for a small hint of Spring they’d been waiting for the soil to warm up and thinking of the colour they’d bring So imagine then, to their surprise when […]
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Garden Antics
#Garden #Animals As fresh green grass shoots up through hardened soil winged squadrons practice their manoeuvres carefully Nose diving into bird baths splashing in the rainwater searching out seeds or occasional Earthworm with all this fun caution – is in the air those wing commanders better beware for the resident puddytat is watching – with […]
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Cluster
#Fowc #Cluster Coming to life from beneath the ground leaves hiding a burst of colour until its time for the flowers to say “Hello!” to the bright morning sky. keeping together for their own protection each individual flower adding their own bit of radiant colour to the garden
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Robin
#robin #birds #christmas #garden #tree Residing on a garden fence by a lawn of grass and snow he sits there with a festive hello looking down below He’s feasting on a pre-Christmas lunch a bar of fat and seed its got all of those vital things that in winter, a bird does need And while […]
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Holly
#christmas #girl #gardening #holly Here’s a girl you see every christmas tide often seen picking the prickly evergreen like her life depended on it later she’ll be putting it carefully around the yearly table decorations – making the candles look pretty
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Breeze
They’re off on a journey Travelling by air Through skies of blue The destination – yet unknown That depends on the breeze they chase The arrival time – when the wind drops Then they’ll take a siesta, in The nearest spot of soil Till time awakens them all and Their new flowers appear They may […]
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Poisonous Plants
#writephoto #nature #plants #poison Poisonous Plants – Image by KL Caley Positioned where they are in the garden, perhaps its best leaving them where they are… pretty colours often a sign to the present wildlife – to stay away, of course – the pesky bees and wasps are welcome pollen needs to be spread – […]
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A fruity San-San
#fruit #tree #pie #San-San Growing against the stone tudor wall hanging fruit ripens for the pie coming from the tree but once a season the fruit answers the cooks call as over the garden young birds do fly could this be why its baked with haste there could be no other plausible reason to deprive […]
The Inkwell 