You cannot beat a nice bush !! 
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@Simon_101 @Stacy2 Iām not a keen or expert gardener but I try my best! I love sitting out in it with my earbuds in chilling.
Yes the squirrel is here daily and the bird feeders are busy all day! 
P.S. the bush is a Ceanothus/California Lilac.
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I hate gardening, so Iāll leave that for others 
Music, a few brews and forgetting the world exists for a few hours - you cannot beat it 
Ha I already googled the bush 
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That is indeed a nice Lilac bush, but actually noticed the wonderful dark red leaved one to the right first, what is that called please ? Great colour contrasts in your garden, lucky to get so many birds too.
My gardening skills are not particularly good, despite trying for many years. Always fancied an Acer but never dared try. Planted one in the middle of the lawn last month and it hasnāt died yet somehow.
Took a pic of me watering it on Saturday for WNGD, and I think it would get approved here as you canāt see anything if anyoneās interested.
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The red one is coincidentally an Acer, itās relatively easy to look after too. My mum is a good gardener and what I donāt learn from her i just Google, so itās relatively easy. I am trying to gradually fill it with perennial/groundcover plants so itās low maintenance as I get older.
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Share the pic!
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@WillC The little devil, we get the occasional squirrel at the peanuts. I have had all sorts in my garden a weasle, hedgehogs all manner of birds, had two ducks on my little pond visit a pheasant is a regular and recently two deer have been sleeping in a wild area in the garden. Mind you the flippin mice getting into hubbys merc and chewing through his electrics is the drawback of living in the countryside.
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Had a recurring toad visitor, he was i think hibernating in one of my planters and accidentally dug him up with a trowel, luckily he was uninjured, I did shout āJesus f*****g Christā as the dirt dropped off the trowel cos I thought it was a slug! Will see if I can find the pics!
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I have newts, and two frogs in the pond. The two frogs regularly get chased back to the pond by one of our cats. Always a bit of a shock when your digging away and something moves, last time was a grass snake. Big bugger as well. I have three compost bins behind the summer house and have not used them in the 9 years we have been here as i think that is where she lives.
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He looks really miffed in that third picture 
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Remember to clear your browser history @Stacy2
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Donāt be silly. Then Iāll lose my porn links
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Thatās just after I dug him up! I actually scooped him up from beneath and he was covered in compost, just his thigh showing, which i thought was a slug, so I placed him back down, then transferred him to a bucket, so he was safe. I was going to place him back in the planter once Iād planted it up, but he had other ideas and went off into the shrubbery. Seen him a few times since, usually in the early hours letting the dog out.
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Pro tip: you can delete just the last few hours
I honestly googled it for you. 
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@JGood and @Stacy2 reading through all of this I just canāt disconnect the word ābushā from āporn linksā ! How you all corrupt the innocent. I am traumitized! 
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I know what you mean @Spanky This morning I felt innocent, now I am not so sure 
Iām glad I could be of assistance @Spanky 
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@CandB_Toy_Story I know, Right!
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And I spanā¦I mean thank you very much @Stacy2
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