30 Days Wild : Days 4 to 8

It has been a busy few days for me, hence getting behind on posting, though I've not had a lot to share really so it doesn't matter, you haven't missed much! 

Day 4 I spent in the garden, pulling up the last of old patio slabs and weeding it ahead of laying new slabs. I noticed elder flowers on their way too. 

On Day 5, my sister came over to help lay the new patio. I'm not able to do as much myself at the moment so couldn't have managed without her.  In the photo below she was doing a 'wobble test' on that slab.

The new patio slabs are laid but finishing the job is on hold until more supplies arrive (I wanted spaced out slabs with gravel between rather than a 'properly' done cemented job as this way is better for the insects (so many beetles, ants and spiders lived in the cracks between the old slabs!). Now awaiting gravel samples to arrive so I can choose a gravel that matches well enough before I order a bulk bag.

I fancied a change of scenery in the evening so had a little drive and visited a favourite tree I haven't seen for a couple of years! It used to be one I passed sometimes depending on which lanes I chose to travel to school, but since leaving school life behind, I've not had need to travel this way.

I had a bit of a lazy day on Day 6... the weather was a bit wild; very wet and windy but I enjoyed cloud watching as the sky was changing so fast.

Day 7 featured some nature reading and catching a sunset in the evening after the sun came out. 

Yesterday, Day 8, I got back on the garden work.  The next project is building a small wall in a back corner of the garden. 

In this corner of the garden, I always find lots of these centipedes (as well as earwigs and other creatures!)

 Whenever I've worked in the garden, I've unearthed all sorts of old bricks and stone plus chunks of mortar and rubble from - I presume - when the extension was build and/or a garage knocked down by previous owners. All the old stone is going to become a habitat / invertebrate wall to make use of it and add more space for wildlife. 

Some of the old patio slabs were used to make a base for the wall.  

It doesn't look great at the moment, I know, but this is just the start!  The inspiration comes from my sisters garden. She also has an area where she unearthed all sorts of bits of stone / brick / cement blobs and so on. She's very keen on using what she finds so built this little wall out of all the rubbish! In the photos, it's still a work in progress.  I was impressed and thought it a great habitat for a range of creatures, so she's coming to use my stone pile (which is very different to hers!) to see what we can create on a similar sort of theme in my garden. 

How has your 30 Days Wild been going? 

I thought I was going to do much better than I have so far, being off work a the moment, but life is still very busy!