Garden Pictures Chat Corner

Besides lawn care, I also devote a lot of attention to our long-eared furry friends. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago a fox got into the enclosure and took little Felix away. Since then, it has been surrounded by an electric fence.

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The "team" is now being strengthened by Feline, a small dwarf lop lady.

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She is very close with Paul (right).

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Unfortunately, the other two ladies were strictly against the naturalization, so she unfortunately had to lose quite a bit of fur on her behind. Poor Paul had a hard time mediating.

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That’s why I am currently working on getting the four used to each other. For this, they were all put into one box at first...

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... and then into the neutral acclimatization quarters in the garage. Here it shows how useful a garage can be. There, Feline and Paul are (almost) inseparable and the other ladies are mostly quite well-behaved.

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Then I look after things with chips and beer. Almost as calming as an aquarium—or possibly a robotic mower :D

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I hope that by the weekend all four can go back into the enclosure and the quarrelling will come to an end.

A man has to deal with things... :rolleyes:

From this perspective it looks idyllic. What is behind the wall?

There are trees and all kinds of natural herbs and stuff growing. It is also stated in the development plan that this area, except for occasional pruning, should largely be left to nature. So that is the area behind the wall. The visible area can be landscaped. Beyond our property is a sports field of a village sports club. They play football there every now and then. :) The neighbors have all covered the wall with foil, we are considering not doing that. I prefer looking at green weeds rather than black foil. :D

Cover and then plant. Do not underestimate how quickly the plants grow. The beds look bare, and after one or two years, sometimes even earlier, you have to thin them out.

Spring 19 the small bed on the far right

two years later and already thinned out

I would like to lay some edging around the flower beds with a few clinker bricks. Maybe also raise the edge around the terrace by a few centimeters with nice stones.

Think carefully about that, edges are better for mowing the lawn that you can drive over. With raised edges, you always have the problem that some grass remains, which you then have to cut by hand.

Why did you choose different paving stones for the area around the house than for the terrace? I would have done it uniformly. But you surely had a reason for that, right?