There are no fish, so no need for a filter, just a natural balanced wildlife pond, full of shrimps, larvae and of course predators like pond skaters, water boatmen, newt and frogs. Birds bathe in a shallow corner and luckily so far, no herons.

As some of you know I dug a wildlife pond during the covid lockdown of 2020, planted with native plants, it is now looking like a more natural pond and the wildlife is coming in.
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I don't use chemicals here, rather try alternatives first, hedgehogs and thrushes die after eating slugs/snails that have eaten pellets.

Lovely day, radish and strawberries picked for lunch.........but not in the same sandwich..........................

Dare I say it's a bit hot out there, sunny and 16 degrees all day.....................................................for a change.

Lots of practice OldH, it's not like I grow loads of different ones either lol.

Just picked a quite large punnet of Strawberries from the greenhouse, Flamenco are a good cropper, especially compared to the Mara des Bois I did grow. Flavour is good, but the Mara are tastier I think.

Thanks for the kind comments, I am having an endoscopy, but under general anaesthetic to remove some polyps from inside my stomach, I have been having this done for several years without being knocked out, but it seems more intensive work is required. Hoping to be in and out the same day, CT scan to...

A short video from the greenhouse
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Sweetcorn planted in the greenhouse and outside, walk was walked in sunshine, then heavy rain put a stop to further outdoor activity.

Another nice morning, clouding over now, but very pleasant pottering and sitting by the pond watching frogs, newts and damsel flies. Greenhouse doing the tommies arm pits, watering, strawberries coming, looks like a decent crop and the peas in the greenhouse are podding, just as well as the slugs an...

Warm and sunny despite the Harr rolling in off the sea, got the big hedge clipped with hand shears so as not to disturb nesting birds too much, left the top for later. Grass cut too, it is almost looking summery out there.

Orange Queen is my wife's favourite to eat, easy to grow, I have grown Cour DI Bue, didn't have any real problems. Growing some new ones this year, I will report back on their growing later in the season.

We have constant rain, but luckily not heavy, it should do more good than harm in our immediate area, some areas have sadly seen a lot more, something we will have to plan for I guess.

robo wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 9:06 am That harbour looks just the place for my boat , great looking place with clear sea water cheers for the video burnie

The harbour along with many others on our coast have been taking some beatings from recent storms, a lot of boats are taken out of the water during the winter.