Brambles, Frogs, and the Corner Monster!

This morning’s weather was beautiful….bright sunshine, not a cloud to be seen, and barely a breeze.  Perfect for tackling the Corner Monster that was taking over part of my ‘Pottery’.

As I was getting ready to go out and do battle, a little Munchkin voice began to pierce my consciousness…followed by the barking of a canine creature…!  Oh, no!  My full attention was on the noise emanating from the back yard.  I had to investigate. 

Sure enough there was the little female person running about and whooping…and there was another one!  Two little people and a canine!!  Typical!  They didn’t stay long, thank goodness, so off I went armed with broom, secateurs, trowel, leather gloves and bin bags!

I set to with gusto…then wished I hadn’t!  I hacked down the nettles…then started on the brambles.  And that is what I have mainly been doing today….hacking down the brambles and lobbing them back over the fence!!  (The guy who owns that garden has had a running battle with the council for years…they order him to cut back the brambles and keep it all in check….he more or less thumbs his nose!  Last time he was made to cut it back, he got two girls to do it…and he probably told them to chuck all the junk into the car park too!!  Anyway, that is another story.)

What a pleasant surprise I got when I started emptying the black recycle box (to left of line post in top picture)…I removed some large plastic pots to find a white tub filled with water, and stones….and two frogs.   For years I have had a resident frog, which I thought lived under the big log…but now there are two.  Sweet!  Of course, because I’d disturbed them, they jumped out and disappeared behind the pots…so I moved the black box against the wall, filled up the tub a bit more, and covered it with a large crock.  Now I have decided to have a permanent water tub just for my wee froggie friends.

After tidying up for the day, I gathered my bits together and came in…time for a cuppa!   Looking out at my handiwork, I notice that the blackbird and dunnock are now having a feast on all the bugs that I’d exposed….glad to be of service.

All I have to do now is deal with the mound of composted leaves and weeds and nettles and ivy, and find any pots that have been buried….and bag up the good stuff and dispose of all the nasty roots from nettles and blackberry!  Another day!!!

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