I have always had a garden, fruit trees, vegetables and herbs. My fish pong was just outside the front door and in the evening I would sit and watch the fish as the sun went down. Quite a number of frogs used to visit the pond and at night their chorus was quite loud. We had the "old croakers" and the high pitched screamers, nature's songsters.
That was really nice. :D
You have free ranged chickens as well? :)
I used have them but I am now living in a built up area so unfortunately none at the moment.