Greetings, brave gardeners!
Today, while walking through the center of my beautiful village, I met an unusual resident – a mushroom! It was growing proudly next to a fairly busy street. It was beautiful, large, though undoubtedly inhabited by little worms.
I decided to leave it in peace, let it keep growing. Why would I unnecessarily destroy and take it? But this encounter reminded me that it’s time to take the family to the forest for a proper mushroom forage!
My garden has also started, signaling that autumn is approaching with big strides. Although some plants are still flowering, I have fewer and fewer vegetables. The cucumber, pepper, and most of the tomato bushes were pulled out long ago, and the onion bed is almost empty. The dill was funny – I harvested it last month, but during the harvest, the seeds scattered and voilà – I have a second sowing! That’s a real perpetuum mobile! It won’t grow as lush and beautiful now, but a little dill is still a joy. Especially for my wife.
The carrots are slowly disappearing – picked gradually, and on the last tomato bush, one single red fruit is ripening. The true gem of this autumn! I’ve also sown lettuce and pak choi, which are growing healthily under a plastic cover because without it, they’d probably fall victim to the Cabbage White caterpillars. Those pretty, white butterflies that have been flying over my garden since spring are some of the worst pests. Their larvae are a real nuisance! Because of them, I have to cover a lot of my vegetables with a special net.
However, working in the garden has become much more pleasant thanks to the bird feeder I put up recently. Tits visit me every day, and one of them definitely has some kind of hyperactivity syndrome! As you know, I was also visited by a Robin – a real rarity. Now I’m thinking about hanging a few nesting boxes; maybe by spring I’ll find some takers looking to move in? That would be strange and yet brilliant!
That’s all for today, until the next post, brave gardeners! Take care of your plants and keep an eye on those cute little creatures that come to visit!
Postscriptum: While I was writing this post, I was also reviewing the videos of the tits I recorded at the feeder. Everything looked calm and ordinary, until I got to the recording from tonight. I almost had a heart attack! Rats came to the feeder! Where did they come from? I have no idea, but such are the charms of village life. Butterflies, bees, tits. Rats! Blight! If you guess correctly, this devious rat move means war. Tonight I’ve already put out poison in a corner of the garden, and tomorrow I plan to stock up on a few traps. What adventures! What emotions!