Mardy
Tapping some of the trees down in the wild garden this afternoon, I disturbed the usual crop of Green Shieldbugs and Harlequin Ladybirds, but today just one Gorse Shieldbug. This was a little slower than all the specimens I put … Continued
Sugar rush
A thoroughly dreich day was lifted by the arrival of the Boy Wonder and his mother – though B was taken ill during the afternoon, and had to retire to the sofa with a cartoon and a sick bowl. Assuaging … Continued
Who’s a pest?
I suggested to R that I might send this photo to the parish newsletter, in case they wanted to put it on their cover – but this is asparagus country, and advertising the whereabouts of asparagus beetles is more likely … Continued
In the pink
We’d been told to expect wet weather for much of the day, and I’d planned my time accordingly, but in the event we didn’t get much rain till this evening, when the garden got the kind of soaking that meant … Continued
Holiday mood
Today was the early spring Bank Holiday, so obviously it was a cold and dreary day – I believe that this is actually the law in England – and I stayed huddled in the house for most of it. But … Continued
Larch Ladybird
What with one thing and another, this is turning out to be a crazy week. Today’s madness was the Boy Wonder bringing his mother over for a visit, and by the time I’d prepared a batch of chilli con carne and … Continued
Eyed Ladybird
I did a couple of hours of brutalist gardening today, clearing an area of scrub and then cutting back a philadelphus, and it all left me in an appropriately grim mood. My disposition wasn’t helped by the fact that there … Continued