It’s not quite the green open space that I’d dreamed of but my little town garden has seen many more butterfly visitors this year… May was too cold, June was quiet but July! In July when the Buddleias finally came into flower, they were covered daily with 4 or 5 Peacocks and Red Admirals. WereContinue reading “The Butterfly Garden is working”
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“We do what we can”
Since mentioning in my last blog this government’s allowing lowering of food standards (since break with EU) meaning such awful stuff as chlorinated (and diseased) chicken about to be made available for sale from non European countries (such as USA) I’d like to redress the balance a bit… Despite our Govt’s deliberate failure to protectContinue reading ““We do what we can””
Connectivity
So haven’t seen any Newts for a while – certainly none I could get a shot of – or so I thought… Haven’t managed to ID the Newts that I have seen here either – they could either be Smooth or Palmate? Certainly not Greater Crested although they do still remind me of small dragons…DefinitelyContinue reading “Connectivity”
The wildlife pond has a leak
The original wildlife pond in my garden was just an upturned black plastic bin lid – and didn’t leak. There again, neither did it have any detectable wildlife in it…Hence Wildlife Pond V2 – which came into existence yesterday. It too has black plastic (doesn’t seem any getting around that) liner, but also has veryContinue reading “The wildlife pond has a leak”
A Masterplan…At last!
Having been muddling through, and wondering where I’d put everything if I managed grow plants from all the seeds I’ve collected – in a fairly small garden…at last a Masterplan comes to me! I didn’t think of it, it was given to me by my dear husband (and he I think got it from ProfessorContinue reading “A Masterplan…At last!”
