Funny you mention all this Goosey, because about now, I usually hoe the gravel drive to tidy up, but the wild flowers growing there, plus all the other bright green leaves just glow, and we rather like to see them all pushing their way through. The lilac overhanging the whole lot just sets it all off, and the lovely little leaves of the early Albertine make you want to grasp each second...
The other day, I had to go to a chum's house, and I'd never been there before. They had a huge area of pristine gravel in front of a triple garage, all carefully raked, and not a scrap of colour or anything else. It was just dry, open and barren.
Back to our drive, now full of those lovely red-stemmed flowers, pink blooms, a few primroses still hanging on, some comfrey on the starting line with exquisite delicate flowers, and of course, the Loosestrife just starting nearby...
And then we see a blackbird feeding its young a few feet from our conservatory window!