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Garden Addition

I am thrilled to share our latest addition to the garden. 

This time last year, we had just finished a new pathway.


This year we have something brand new.

Can you guess what it is?

Val T Boyko

33 responses to “Garden Addition”

  1. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    A split rail fence?

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  2. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    A bat house?

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes Nancy! Well spotted. I was waiting for someone to say a giant tiki candle … or a plinth for a Buddha statue 💛

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      1. nrhatch Avatar
        nrhatch

        Bat houses are a GREAT addition!

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  3. Chatter Master Avatar
    Chatter Master

    THe split rail fence?

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      The tail dark structure on the other side of the fence…

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      1. Chatter Master Avatar
        Chatter Master

        Bird house????? 🙂

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          Its a bat house Colleen! I hadn’t seen one until Don got the plans off the internet. He built it and erected it with a friend last week. Not easy – its 20feet high!

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          1. Chatter Master Avatar
            Chatter Master

            How fascinating!!! As long as the bats are up that high I wouldn’t fret about my hair while watching them 😉

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  4. Paul Handover Avatar
    Paul Handover

    What fun! We erected a bat house very similar to what yours looks like shortly after we moved in. Erected in the early months of 2013. But, to date, no one has moved in! 😦

    So the best of luck with yours and, maybe, we should rethink where ours is situated.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Good luck with yours Paul! We smeared ours with bat guano ( courtesy of a local barn where bats hang out) I didn’t get too close for the experience 😉

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  5. dianasschwenk Avatar
    dianasschwenk

    Never knew that was a thing, Val! ♡
    Diana xo

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  6. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    Your garden looks absolutely wonderful, Val! And a bat house!

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  7. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    I was going to guess either bat house or butterfly house, which look sometimes similar. That is great, I hope you get many ‘tenants!’ I love bats.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Me too Eliza! Its 20 feet high – and looks quite spectacular in person.

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  8. Jewels Avatar
    Jewels

    A bat house, nice!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Julie! I hope we get some tenants in there 💛

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  9. derrickjknight Avatar
    derrickjknight

    I went for bat house, but Nancy got there first. Good puzzle

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Derrick! I hadn’t seen one before. It looks quite daunting.

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      1. derrickjknight Avatar
        derrickjknight

        I first came across them when, 3 or 4 years ago, I watched a man building a house in the forest. Council building regulations required him to erect 3

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          Wow! I guess the council likes to create communities 😉
          Thanks Derrick!

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  10. Dan Antion Avatar
    Dan Antion

    Sharp eyes with the folks who spotted the bat house.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I took it on the spur of the moment with my iPhone. You are better practiced than I am Dan!!

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  11. Ann Coleman Avatar
    Ann Coleman

    Looks beautiful!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Ann! It’s an interesting feature in our lovely garden!

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  12. Ann Koplow Avatar
    Ann Koplow

    Wow!!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      🦇💛🦇

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  13. insearchofitall Avatar
    insearchofitall

    I’ve always wanted to have bat houses. We have lots of mosquitoes and they were around when I first moved in. It flew right by my ear. Haven’t seen them since. We need them.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes we do need more of them Marlene! The numbers have been reduced due to white fungal disease of the nose. Apparently the newer generation may be resistant to the disease … and we want to encourage them!! 🦇🦇🦇

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  14. Bela Johnson Avatar
    Bela Johnson

    I LOVE bats! 😀

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Me too Bela. I can’t wait to sit and watch them coming out at dusk 💛🦇💛

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  15. Kate @ Did That Just Happen? Avatar
    Kate @ Did That Just Happen?

    Wow! What fun that will be!!!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      It will when the new residents arrive 🦇🦇🦇

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