Gardens and wildlife
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I saw a little vole this afternoon as well, popping in and out of a hole near the bottom of the wall - same bit of wall that's in the rabbit video. He did it about four times but by the time I had reached for my phone he had gone. He was very cute 
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Aw, I have never seen a vole in real life.I saw a little vole this afternoon as well, popping in and out of a hole near the bottom of the wall - same bit of wall that's in the rabbit video. He did it about four times but by the time I had reached for my phone he had gone. He was very cute
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They are very cute He was a small, quite dark coloured one, a bit like this - although obviously I couldn't see close enough to see his eyes.
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He was a small, quite dark coloured one, a bit like this - although obviously I couldn't see close enough to see his eyes.
What is a Vole?
<p>For a rodent that is so widespread and capable of doing extensive damage to trees, lawns, and gardens, it is surprising that the name vole is still relatively unknown. They have even managed to lay the blame for their destructive acts on moles, wh
Wish I'd managed to get a photo.
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Where he thinks it's a cat but it's a fur hat.
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So with a week of cold weather, our daffodils STILL aren't out! The dwarf narcissi in the back were nearly there a week ago. One is out, the others not there. The ones in the front are staying tightly snug. But then Easter is quite early this year. It's strange as the ones down the lane have been out for a couple of weeks so maybe they just don't get much sunlight in our garden. And it looks like we still have a rabbit problem. The lovely little primroses have had their heads bitten off 
Looks like I'll just have to stick to loads of daffodils! They don't eat those! These are the ones at the back. The front ones are tightly closed.
Looks like I'll just have to stick to loads of daffodils! They don't eat those! These are the ones at the back. The front ones are tightly closed.
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Very pretty!
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The daffodils in my garden are all done now!
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After the recent stormy weather of wind and rain, today has suddenly turned sunny and warm. It won’t last of course but it has been lovely.
That meant I turned my thoughts to the fuschia plant in the garden. I decided to take elusive’s advice from last summer and wait until Spring for a hard prune. So although it had started putting out small leaves, I bravely went ahead and cut it right back down. It has never been done before but clearly needed it.
So fingers crossed for this year’s new growth.
That meant I turned my thoughts to the fuschia plant in the garden. I decided to take elusive’s advice from last summer and wait until Spring for a hard prune. So although it had started putting out small leaves, I bravely went ahead and cut it right back down. It has never been done before but clearly needed it.
So fingers crossed for this year’s new growth.
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Finally - the dwarf narcissi in the back garden are out - after a bit if sunshine yesterday and today. The ones in the front are still very much closed. They are more in the shade.
The primrose plant in the back still has some new flowers budding despite one flower head being bitten off. Rabbits have clearly been digging in that flower bed but seem to have left the two small “rabbit proof” plants I put in last autumn! Can’t remember what they’re called now but they’re still very small.
The hamster bed at the end of the back garden (also Pip’s bed) is doing a bit better - it still has wire and stones round it (an old fire guard) - this was to stop any creatures digging there initially but I left it over the winter. So a daffodil there (which I’m sure I didn’t plant but has appeared anyway) and the chaenomeles and periwinkles are all doing ok there.
One primrose in a front garden bed has flowered. The ones in the grass look like they’ve been nibbled.
Back garden dwarf narcissi
Back garden rabbit digging and small plants
Back garden primrose with new flower buds
Plants in hamster bed with wire round
The primrose plant in the back still has some new flowers budding despite one flower head being bitten off. Rabbits have clearly been digging in that flower bed but seem to have left the two small “rabbit proof” plants I put in last autumn! Can’t remember what they’re called now but they’re still very small.
The hamster bed at the end of the back garden (also Pip’s bed) is doing a bit better - it still has wire and stones round it (an old fire guard) - this was to stop any creatures digging there initially but I left it over the winter. So a daffodil there (which I’m sure I didn’t plant but has appeared anyway) and the chaenomeles and periwinkles are all doing ok there.
One primrose in a front garden bed has flowered. The ones in the grass look like they’ve been nibbled.
Back garden dwarf narcissi
Back garden rabbit digging and small plants
Back garden primrose with new flower buds
Plants in hamster bed with wire round
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So I checked my plant identification app again and it has the little yellow flowers in the lawn as both yellow star of Bethlehem and lesser celandine. So either it is both or the picture wasn’t very good. And lesser celandine are common in this area but star of Bethlehem are bulbs so seemed less likely. So I took some closer photos and they are definitely lesser celandines. Correctly identified by the app this time. They are closed up now it’s dull and raining and open up in sunshine. A couple are still opened up though.
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I can see where the name came from as it looks like a little star. It is very pretty. 