Fox flattening garden

Here is a photograph of the fox that seems to live in my garden. I think its earth is probably next door but it follows the sun to sleep here, then there, in my garden, flattening first these plants then those.

sweet chestnut despite the mild winter

Sweet chestnut germinates after it has been affected by the frost. For several years I have been leaving sweet chestnuts in a pot outside, but with no effect.

This winter, the mildest for years, with hardly any decent frosts, and I am successful!

I am hoping to grow them in a large pot each, like large bonsai. Trying to find out when I can expect them to be producing sweet chestnuts!