18 July 2022

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been watering a bit more often than usual.

This is mainly because there are more new plants to water, mainly the nasturtiums and French marigolds that the preschool children weren’t able to plant out until a week or two ago. We usually water plants a few times after they’ve been put in, to help them get established quickly.

We’d also mulched most of the beds with the contents of one of the compost bins, so all in all, the ground round the new plants was pretty soft.

We’ve noticed over the last couple of week’s that something’s been digging holes in some of the beds during the night. This morning we realised that all the holes are near recently-planted flowers. It’s just dawned on us that watering frequently + mulching with compost = very soft ground – much easier to dig in!

And this morning, we found badger poo in the hole next to one of the uprooted plants – so now we know the culprit, too. Not quite the wildlife we were expecting to encourage into the gardens, but very welcome all the same!