Starting a Garden
Whether you call it your garden your backyard, whether it is the size of a postage stamp or yours as far as the eye can it does not matter. It is your bit of space to nurture and produce something that is pleasing to your eye,
be proud of and relax. It does not matter if others don’t like it although that would be a nice bonus; you have borrowed it from Mother Nature and done what you want with it.
It may be your first attempt at creating a garden or you might be a seasoned gardener with the proverbial “green finger” or as some say “green thumb”. If this is your first attempt at creating a garden I bet you are thinking you have created something and that is it now apart from a bit of lawn mowing, weeding and planting a few annuals or bulbs each year. Well maybe but I doubt it, more likely your ideas will change and your garden will evolve.
An unexpected benefit for some will be the wildlife that visits your garden
space. With a new garden there will be a few species of birds but if done right
your garden will attract more and more species. Prepare to be entertained and marvel at the agility and colours of our feathered friends, and most are the friends of us gardeners. Sorry pigeons but I cannot include you. Then there will be frogs, squirrels etc.
If you start with a new and empty plot and end up with a green oasis full of wildlife you have something to be proud of as well as amazed. The one thing
bout us gardeners is that we never know everything; we are always learning something new. It might be a new way of pest control, pruning, a better way to plant trees, a way to get a better crop from our vegetables and fruit, the list is endless.
Gardening is a fascinating, relaxing, tiring, frustrating, fruitful and rewarding hobby. I for one have been hooked for years.
Enjoy your gardening!
Rodger Cresswell