Saturday, May 29
We've been busy gardening. The potatoes, onion sets nd tomatoes look great. Unfortunately, the cucumber plants succumbed to the cold. It was a gamble to plant them as early as I did, in a cold greenhouse. I thought that I'd be here to nurse them. Two more seeds planted in a pot, sweetcorn, french beans, runner beans set in long planters, all of them in the propagator. Peas in troughs and Courgettes will happen to-morrow.
The newly replanted strawberry boxes look good too, plenty of flower showing. Whilst we were away, Andrea planted my spare plants in one of those terracotta planters which have planting holes up the sides. My intention was to leave them in the greenhouse as early fruit. I have never found that particular planter to be successful. We'll see, she wasn't to know.
We continue to put out the moth traps every night with pretty appalling results. There is a problem country-wide, bad for the moths, and for the birds which depend on them for feeding themselves and their young. We're putting out extra mealworms, which seem to be much appreciated. Unusually, we have three male Blackbirds feeding peacefully, concurrently. The Blue Tits are still feeding their young in the birch log box, many of them elsewhere are dying from cold and lack of food.
This morning, the number of Cockchafers in the actinic light Robinson outnumbered the moths. There were none in the MV Robinson. I onder why? Some of the expected species at last, but, apart from Muslin, only singles of each.
Lesser Swallow Prominent 
Poplar Hawkmoth 
Green Carpet 
Cinnabar 
Shuttle-shaped dart 
Waved Umber
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