Gardens and wildlife

[Lovelyness]

This morning, I got an up close view of the moon It was pretty awesome

 

[Maz]

Where is that?!

 

[Socks' Mum]

This morning, I got an up close view of the moon It was pretty awesome

Our nearest neighbour. Humans want to mine it, but if things go wrong, it's goodbye to life on Earth

 

[Maz]

Is that actually hanging in a church?!

 

[Lovelyness]

Is that actually hanging in a church?!

It’s in the cathedral near my home- pretty cool huh?

 

[Maz]

It's amazing!

 

[Maz]

Nothing much in our garden as yet but the snowdrops are out (looks like some moles are out as well!). Not very good photos - just a quick snap with a phone.

 

[Socks' Mum]

On a different topic, but still garden related, I watched a YouTube video about propagating veggies and indeed, they seem to grow from cuttings. Even if these don't get very big, the shoots should be useful for the guinea pigs and Socks as a nice snack. They are Romaine lettuce shoots, celery, gem lettuces and carrots

 

[Socks' Mum]

On a different topic, but still garden related, I watched a YouTube video about propagating veggies and indeed, they seem to grow from cuttings. Even if these don't get very big, the shoots should be useful for the guinea pigs and Socks as a nice snack. They are Romaine lettuce shoots, celery, gem lettuces and carrots

 

[Maz]

That's fascinating! So you can just chop the ends of your carrots off, stick them in compost and grow them?

 

[Socks' Mum]

Yes, I will look out the You Tube video. Carrots grow leaves and thin, pale carrots, but the leaves are good for guinea pigs and may be of interest to hamsters when tender, in small quantities. The Romaine and gem lettuces seems to grow quite well, as well as the celery. I think the tender growth would be quite tasty for everyone, including people I'm going to try them in pots in my window box, but I will need to use some slug proofing. I will keep some indoors to see how much lettuce I can get from them The leaves start growing quickly. The water needs to be changed alot. I put in a drop of aquarium fertiliser to feed them to get them started.

 

[Socks' Mum]

A hint of Spring trying to shine this evening

 

[Socks' Mum]

Yes, I will look out the You Tube video. Carrots grow leaves and thin, pale carrots, but the leaves are good for guinea pigs and may be of interest to hamsters when tender, in small quantities. The Romaine and gem lettuces seems to grow quite well, as well as the celery. I think the tender growth would be quite tasty for everyone, including people I'm going to try them in pots in my window box, but I will need to use some slug proofing. I will keep some indoors to see how much lettuce I can get from them The leaves start growing quickly. The water needs to be changed alot. I put in a drop of aquarium fertiliser to feed them to get them started.

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Here's a link to the You Tube video on growing veg from kitchen scraps

 

[Maz]

Those are beautiful photos Socks Mum Assume those are your window boxes? They look amazing.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Thank you, yes, my window boxes

 

[Lovelyness]

My first walk of the year round my favourite local garden. It was so lovely sitting in the warm Spring sunshine watching the first bees and butterflies of the season and listening to birdsong

 

[Maz]

It's all beautiful And that is an amazing photo of the fish! I can see there are some goldfish, but what are the others? Do you know? Trout?

 

[Lovelyness]

It's all beautiful And that is an amazing photo of the fish! I can see there are some goldfish, but what are the others? Do you know? Trout?

I’m not sure. It’s the best photo I’ve managed to get of the fish in 3 years!

 

[Maz]

It’s amazing! So sharp and clear.

 

[Socks' Mum]

I’m not sure. It’s the best photo I’ve managed to get of the fish in 3 years!

They seem to be enjoying the sun, or maybe waiting for dinner. I think they may be koi carp, relatives of goldfish, but pretty huge