SPRING HAS SPRUNG HERE
Spring has definitely sprung here. The weather, though wet, is warmer than it was a few weeks ago.
From my kitchen, I often look at my front garden. It's not much of a front garden, mainly a grass lawn surrounded by a privet hedge. Whenever it's wet, I avoid walking over the lawn because I always slip over as it's on a steep incline (or decline depending where you're standing).
At the moment, whenever I make coffee or do the washing-up, I can see one daffodil in bloom, several dandelions and a few white flowers of which I don't know their name - they're definitely not daisies. Today I saw a bumblebee doing his rounds collecting nectar and pollen from the daffodil and dandelions before flying off.
Also there are a few sparrows presumably nesting in the privet hedge. I love watching the sparrows flit from one hedge to another. Sparrows were very common here but they're not so common now. I like that the sparrows have made my front garden their home.
My wife and stepson want the privet hedge removed - for what I don't know. They also want to slab over the lawn - again for what purpose I don't know. I have my put my foot down and said the lawn with its 'wild' flowers and the privet hedge with its sparrows are staying.
I would keep the hedge and lawn too. Clover is a really nice way of having a green area that doesn't have to be mowed all the time, and the bees like the flowers.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, here the only sign of spring is that there are more birds around and they're more vocal. There is heavy snow falling right now, we're supposed to get about 5 inches today. It's a dilemma whether to shovel the sidewalk and driveway as it's supposed to turn to rain tomorrow and maybe that'll melt all of the snow off? Or...it could turn it into a slab of ice. 😬
I love clover in a lawn; I also like moss in a lawn too.
DeleteI'm defending my front garden. I've lost a bit of control in my back garden but I'm defending the privet hedge and a large bush (or small tree depending how one sees things) in the back garden. My wife and stepson just want to turn the garden into a barbecue/hot tub party area with no green.
Because my wife and stepson are no nature lovers, I have to stress the human benefits of the hedge and bush as windbreaks and sunshades.
I also have a gully in the back garden which attracts frogs. Again, they want that filled in. And yet again I have to stress the human benefits of a gully as opposed to the benefits for nature. I just say that the gully helps the rainwater run away. Our house is built on a big hill.
Much like smarty I am still in Winter here right now as March even though it came in like a lamb, has the Lion not wanting to leave without having it's say. Snow here also and whatever flowers were starting to bloom here, are hidden once more.. Love the daffodils and sparrows. I would leave the hedge up also for both the privacy and shelter it offers both you and Mother Nature's wild life..
DeleteWe didn't get much snow here this winter - one big snowfall and a few flurries.
DeleteThe privet hedge does stop the neighbours and people walking on the road looking into my home.
Compared to the amount of snow I normally get here, we did not receive as much as we had in recent years at all. We did still get frigidly cold temps at like -15-20C with the wind chill at say -30C and this morning it was at -15C. Just about to write about what my Spring looks like myself here..lol.
DeleteI guess Canada wouldn't be Canada without the snow.
DeleteLOL..No it would not. They do not call us the Great White North for nothing...lol.
DeleteAnd without the snow and ice, Canada wouldn't win so many medals at the Winter Olympics.
DeletePersonally, I would go the "my house, my rules" route and if they don't like it, they're welcome to live elsewhere. I'm sure my kid would like to get rid of the wisteria that's pretty much taken over the front of the house, but since it came back with a vengeance after getting chopped down to paint the house, I'm letting it grow (but hack away at the vines trying to attack the neighbor's fence)
ReplyDeleteThey are my rules that I've laid down.
DeleteWisteria can get wild sometimes, as can ivy and Virginia creeper.
I don’t blame you, don’t get rid of all nature. We need it, it’s important to human beings. And obviously it’s good for your peace of mind.
ReplyDeleteI get Virginia creeper here too, isn’t that funny given our different climates.
I do not know for myself here whether we get Virginia Creepers, but we do get plants called Creeping Jenny's and Creeping Charlie's here that are quite invasive.I wonder if they come from the same plant family.. "Jeepers Creepers", if they do....lol.
DeleteVirginia creepers are clearly plants for all climates. I like them provided they're not growing up my house's brick walls.
DeleteI forgot to check notify me so here’s another comment so I can do that. 😂
ReplyDeleteYou'd think Blogger would set 'Notify Me' as its default setting.
DeleteI personally would keep the hedge the way it is. It keeps the wildlife safe. Good for you for putting your foot down.
ReplyDeleteWe trim up the trees and the one neighbor and I trim up the hedges around the apartment building for the landlord.
The hedge and the sparrows are safe on my watch!
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