ESL Blogs

A garden is a place where different types of plants specially flowers and fruits and vegetables are cultivated. We have an enormous back garden with lovely plants and trees. I love my garden. I spend most of my summer holidays in our garden. We got some big trees and small plants and we got a lovely garden shed where we can sit and read books, cook barbecue and relax. Our garden is a very calm and peaceful place and its my favorite place in our house. I love the fresh air when I walk through the garden. It’s not very formal, neat or lined up. Our garden is wild and covered with all sort of plants which attracts the birds and the animals.My mother in-law created this lovely garden.

Spring in our Garden

Autumn in our Garden                                                                                    

                                                          Garden in Winter!

Benefits of Gardening!

Gardening is an excellent way to get physical activity. Gardening is very good for our mind and body. Gardening can help us to overcome stress. Gardening and landscaping is an art. We get flowers fruits and vegetables. Gardening can be done by people almost any age or ability. Totally gardening is relaxation, fitness, family fun, delicious fruits and vegetables and great joy! Gardening is a great way to spend time in nature and its increase physical exercise and also its promote mental health. Gardening helps strengthen bones, muscles and joints and its helps decrease life style diseases like obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers. Gardening promote longer healthier lives. My 84 year old mother-in- law is leading a very healthy life,never goes to hospital and she spend lots of time in the garden what ever the weather is. Also we get apples, plums, pears, cherries, figs, gooseberries, raspberries, blueberries and so many fruits and vegetables.

The animals, birds and Insects in my garden

A fox family, Squirrel. rabbits, rats,butterflies, caterpillars, spiders, wasps, bees, crickets,ants,snails,frogs, pigeons, magpies lives in our garden.

The red fox and Magpies lives in our garden!

  Snails

We got lots of snails and slugs in our garden and we don't destroy them. But we can control the snails and slugs by pulling the weeds, keep all the decaying matter cleaned of your garden beds, the leaves are the good shelter for slugs and snails. Try to prune branches of any plants which are laying on the ground. Keep the shaded areas clean and weed and litter free.

Few garden words and tools

House plants: Indoor plants

Lawn: A lawn is an area of soil covered land planted with grasses or other plants and maintained at a short height to used it for aesthetic and recreational purposes.

Pruning: Pruning is trim or cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems to encourage growth.

Greenhouse: a glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather

Our garden tools: We use spades, digging tools, pruners, cutting tools, rakes, wheelbarrows, composters and incinerator bins

Fruits from my garden

I hope you enjoy reading about my garden.  Also I would like to share one of my favorite restaurant garden here. It's a  Turkish restaurant near my  home maintaining their lovely garden through out year. They even got a plantain tree, olive tree and so many, you can see them below,

I've always enjoyed gardening and spend quality time with nature. It's helping me to lead a healthy and happy life. It's so nice to hear the early morning birdsong from the garden, and the lovely smell from the plants and flowers. I was fascinated by the worms, snails, slugs, lady birds, spiders and caterpillars and exploring the nature.

Dear friends, Thank you so much for taking your time reading. I really appreciate you. Wish you all 'Happy Holidays'!