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The best bit of gardening
Hello All
I've mentioned in here before my Grand Plan, one huge pond and lots of little ones, circular seating area, nice hill planted up. Spent weeks working on it over the winter, dug out the ponds, cut a 20' circle into a bank, a hell of a lot of hardscaping and planting. Nowhere near finished, but enough so I can see what's left to do. Now, on a hot summers morning I've got my first real taste of why. Just spent a very happy two hours staring at my pond. Pond skaters everywhere, fighting, mating, pouncing on midges. 9 goldfish patrolling in regular patterns, grazing here and there, ever hopeful of feed arriving from the sky. Water boatmen shyly disappearing to the depths whenever my shadow looms above them. Whirlygig beetles rushing everywhere in their mad shopping sprees. Norris, the newt who arrived a month ago from gawd knows where is slowly working his way around the pond hoping that a female smooth newt has turned up. Most stunning are the mayflies. Electric blue, glowing red - a full spectrum. Mating (in a racist manner, always pairing with the same colour), flying around joined together like some aerial Pushmepullyou and laying eggs for next year's one-day wonders. Occasionally a dragonfly or two does a low-level flyby, but not stopping long enough to be fully admired. Another mystery is the monster tadpole. About 1.5" long, alone, after no sign of any spawn. I think it arrived with one of the lilies I planted today. Those are just getting used to their new home, ever-so slowly opening their pads. Can it get any better than this? Sitting in my own garden, the sounds of water running down the stream. No noisy neighbours or screaming kids, no mad rush to do anything other than get another cold beer from the fridge... -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK - feeling really rather smug. |
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