Too wet to garden today, pottered in the greenhouse and ate a cob of sweetcorn for my breakfast and that's it for the day.

That shot was taken at a local RSPB reserve, we don't have squirrels in our village, which is a sort of double edged sword I guess

This wee chap wouldn't harm a fly...……….

Apart from a bit of green back where the greenhouse got too hot whilst we were away on holiday, everything is doing just fine.

They might not keep well, I'd use them first

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday(sorry I'm late, been away on Grandad baby sitting duties).

One of the worlds finest rain dances, stick 6 bits of wood in the ground and get some blokes dressed in white to dance round them, guaranteed to rain

Not seen a Ladybird up here yet.

We have a lot of these in the garden just now, Silver Y moths

Not too keen on the Red Cherry, a bit mushy texture, though that might be my fault going on holiday in the middle of the growing season .

They are late making nests, we are getting the drunken crawling ones now, maybe from Plumpuddings wine!!

sally wright wrote:Dear Colin,
what about some large headed nails in the raised bed edge such as felt nails to loop the net over. They should keep the net in place I think.
Regards Sally Wright.

I used some galvanized roofing felt nails, trouble was the net can tear when it's windy.

Happens to mine every year, though it was later this year, fortunately usually long after the flowering has finished, so I have sort of accepted it as a part of nature. Tried squashing them, but it had little effect and like you I don't like to use chemicals.

I grew Lark and F1 Swift last year, both very nice.