The hedge the wrens are in is privet and very dense.
The blackthorn hedge is very old (4'' trunks) and has ivy growing through it everywhere. The gaps are at the bottom where some has died and I've now planted young privet in the gaps as it grows thick low down. We also keep topping the blackthorn to encourage it to shoot from the bottom, which helps until the winter when the huge gaps appear, hence the privet as it keeps it's leaf in winter.
HB is another problem altogether:)
She put bleach in her water feature to get rid of the algae! Her garden is colour co-ordinated, mine is a mass of typical cottage garden colour. Her weeds wave a white flag and give in, mine thrive and hide inder the Delphiniums. The cats go into her garden for a poo, she jumps up and down and shouts at them so I throw bird seed on her seed bed:)
Having said that, we do grow stuff and swap bedding plants when we have any left over, so it's not all bad but she's dug out a pond and now has some fish ( she wanted some of ours but how could I let them be relocated with a non animal lover) from a friend.........how long before the water turns green and she adds bleach to it???
There are animal lovers in this world, and there are 'other people'!
I have 5 sparrows fighting for space in the waterfall to have a bath and a blackbird queueing up to get in as soon as they have finished!
Pat
PS Just read my posts from this morning and noticed the typo's. Don't blame me, blame the cold and rain for fumbly fingers:)
Last edited by: pda on Sat 8 May 10 at 17:39
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