My Garden is My Space: New Life in The April Garden

It is the end of April and the garden is full of new life.

New life is not only the plant life but the bird population has increased with the promise of even more to come.

The first to fledge to my knowledge this year is a family of Great Tits. This noisy brood appeared the same day that I found the egg of a freshly hatched Blackbird. One Pigeon has built a nest and is sitting while a couple of trees away a second is building. And today a third pair has started building. They are not my preferred choice of bird to have in the garden but it is nature and I reluctantly accept their presence.

The fresh green leaves of perennial plants have joined those of the deciduous shrubs but have at the same time have highlighted a few patches in my herbaceous borders where the winter has taken its toll. The previous year we also experienced a very harsh winter but managed to move a few things around and split perennials to fill gaps but this year a visit to the garden centre was called for.

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