Gardeners are hard at work on the grounds around my apartment building, and I have to say I have decidedly mixed feelings about it. There are lots of jungly plots around the place, flowering bushes that over the years have grown out of control and melded into wild and impenetrable batches of shrub. The gardeners are pruning hard, untangling the impossible growth and scraping the ground around them bare of leaves and branches and other accumulated debris.
On one hand, the gardener in me appreciates the return to order, and looks forward to a nice display in the spring. On the other hand, the wildlife lover in me grieves. The birds use those little wild places for cover and nesting, and I've seen hedgehogs run in and out of those bushes in the dark hours of the evening. It's a tough time of year for a hedgehog to be evicted from a warm nest.
Once again urban infrastructure pulls rank. Let's hope those little guys relocate quickly.
Posted by: Saya | Friday, 09 March 2007 at 01:21 PM