@Valleysgirl I often hear skylarks in the meadows around here but it's very hard to actually see them!Spotted some Great Tit fledglings waiting...
It's a good feeling, but I'd rate pulling out a dock root the size of a parsnip slightly higher.
I have removed all my container daffs; the leaves were beginning to turn yellow which might have been just drought, but I wasn't going to bother...
Marmalade Hoverfly approaching an allium flower. They are intriguing to watch: they kind of "bounce" off the flower multiple times before finally...
Pyracantha [ATTACH][ATTACH]This poor Nectaroscordum came up too close to a foxglove and got its head stuck in a hole in the foxglove's leaf. I...
Speckled Wood in the garden this morning. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The sun was already too fierce to stand out in without a hat at 9 a.m.
I spotted a crow doing that the other day; it was sitting on top of the feeder pole and lifting up the mealworm feeder by the wire hanger. I...
I only discovered them a handful of years ago. I reckon you only notice them when you take time to seriously look for insects. Last year I found...
I think the insect on your Spirea is likely one of the parasitic wasps.
I have just planted out a couple of courgette "Defender" plants in my raised bed, having given it a good soaking - it was bone dry right to the...
Those have been popping up in my garden too.
Current state of my elder; I bet there's some neighbourhood disputes going on! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Foxgloves, Nectaroscordum and various other alliums are all getting into gear now. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]Camassia. I planted loads of...
Lovely Cistus. I have a new one I got from the half-price shelf at B&Q last autumn and it has been similarly smothered. Hope it gets as big as yours!
Lidl are breaking all the greengrocery rules at the moment. They have twin packs of Mangoes labelled "Ready to Eat" which are genuinely ripe, and...
I bought Gartenperle from Premier Seeds this year; I was rather late getting them sown as my early sowing of Veranda Red only yielded two plants...
I have only found 1 lily beetle so far this year, and my lilies are getting quite tall.
It used to be a thing, in the early 20th century. Young women would have all their teeth pulled out and a set of dentures as a wedding present....
My Elder has masses of blackfly; very glad I gave up early on the broad beans this year! I saw quite a few ladybirds today including this pair; I...
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