Gardens and wildlife

[Maz]

This was taken when we had snow last week - Snowdrops. The snow is gone but the Snowdrops are still there.

 

[Coco61]

Lovely to see snow drops. Around here the crocuses and daffodils are showing well. It’s a little early for the daffodils but it has been warmer than usual for February here.

 

[elusive]

The snowdrops look lovely especially in the snow!
Not sure if I have any or not, it’s been so wet I haven’t been that far down the garden but did spot some primroses & more crocuses, my witch hazel has been looking lovely for a while but it’s hard to get photos in the pouring rain!

 

[Maz]

It's quite sunny and windy here today although a few rain clouds in the sky - but yes it has been wet and grim recently.

 

[Lovelyness]

The Blossom is out on my cherry tree Far too wet for photos unfortunately. The garden is looking quite spring like with the blossom, primroses, snowdrops and daffodils

 

[Maz]

It must be warmer where you are!

 

[Lovelyness]

It must be warmer where you are!

It’s quite mild! Lots of trees are in bloom here.

 

[elusive]

I’ve been doing a bit of gardening indoors out of the rain, working on some terrariums, these are all new, the last few days or so, so still a bit of a work in progress & the plants need time to settle in & grow together a bit.

A floating garden in a mini glass cake stand, about 11cm I think.







A couple of little dome ones, just a tad bigger at about 13cm!

 

[elusive]

I have got some bigger ones I’m still working on, this ones a bit bigger around 19cm & has a bit more space to get creative!

 

[Maz]

Those are amazing That is very clever.

 

[Maz]

The big one is even more amazing!

 

[elusive]

Thank you I need to get some better photos of the bigger one.
I’m waiting very impatiently for some hardscaping stuff (wood & rock) to arrive so i can do more!

 

[Lovelyness]

These are great Love them

 

[Coco61]

Those miniature gardens are very creative elusive. Really lovely.

What happens longer term to let them grow etc but then stop them from overdoing that?!

 

[elusive]

Thanks Coco & Lovliness smile

Coco they do need a bit of pruning from time to time, it’s a case of mostly choosing slow growing plants that won’t get too big or at least not too quickly.
When I started last year I used quite a few ferns which most people do but they just love it in there & grow really big fast & swamp everything else so I’ve got rid of those & chosen my plants more carefully, I’m using some aquarium plants now too & they seem to grow slowly but well in terrariums, we shall see!

 

[Maz]

It's very creative

 

[elusive]

It’s very relaxing

 

[Coco61]

That is very interesting and seeing how it all grows will be very rewarding

 

[Lovelyness]

It looks like Spring has sprung!

 

[Maz]

Lovely! Especially the primroses - are they wild ones? It's not quite spring where we are unfortunately - always comes a bit later here The daffodil green shoots are out though. Snowdrops are still out.