The best moth of the last two days was a Red Chestnut.
With few exceptions, the catch is mainly Orthosis family, Common and Small Quaker, Clouded Drab.
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| Common Quaker |
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| Small Quaker |
On my daily garden walk, a Ribes has grown into the Hawthorn hedge, adding a welcome splash of colour.
Erythroniums - also known as Dog's Tooth Violets - are amongst my favourite flowers.
It's a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the lily family, most closely related to tulips. They are woodland or alpine and should be planted in a semi shaded place. Ours is planted very near to a Camellia thicket and the clump has slowly increased in size. Not yet at its best, there are many more buds to open.
Like Hellebores the flowers hang down and their beauty is best viewed from below. My days for lying on the ground are past!
We keep trying to encourage birds to nest in our garden. I really like this nestbox nailed to our weeping birch tree. So far, the birds don't.
The left hand side of the veg. and fruit area has two rows of Autumn fruiting Raspberries, separated by flagstones to make walking easier. They were cut down to ground level in January as they fruit on this year's growth.
The nearby netted area is to protect the onion sets from the pheasants - they pluck them out of the ground as soon as they shoot.They don't eat them, just mess them about. Once they're well grown, the cover comes off.
Nearest of all is the Runner Bean frame, the trench prepared and fertilised before covering with black plastic to deter weeds, and to hold in the moisture necessary for a good crop.
The Bug Hotel is partially obscured by veg protection frames leaned up against it in readiness for use.
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