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As I was digging a little space for my courgettes & pumpkins I found a lovely moth that I had never seen before and goes by the intriguing name “ruby tiger” (Phragmatobia fuliginosa). It was very friendly indeed, climbing on my glove to be moved away, and I discovered later that my patch must be…

There is an online Flash video that my husband used to find amusing, and that I was reminded of last night when I thought back at what had happened. The relentless pace of the season’s rhythms, and the sudden, unexpected (both good and bad, although it feels mostly bad) popping up here & there when…

If I thought it was time to store away the March & April sowing seeds I was in for a surprise. Arriving at the allotment yeasterday I saw the leaves of some self- seeded potatoes were dark green, dehydrated and flat on the ground: my brain started computing on such new evidence: herbicide maybe? A…

The damselflies are out (although I found 2 dead in the water and only one drying out on a grass blade – it must be a very delicate phase emerging from the nymph body) and there are tadpoles some 2 cm long! By the end of the day I found four damselflies alive, at different…

… that I am in desperate need of a massive sowing session, but instead I spent my time today clearing out weeds and any overgrown grass, so that the allotment looks spotless. I haven’t even had time to plant my newly arrived organic plants (the ones I ordered when I decided to support organic growers more). So, nothing…

I am back after a week or so and all the celery that I planted out is gone, all but one (ONE) seedling – no remains whatsoever so it was slugs, the mean slimy creatures – regret saying that their activity was less than usual… I have also lost all my tomatillos in the greenhouse to…