Category Archives: Garden

Spot the difference

Posted on 22 August 2010 by Himself

Martine recently returned with some of her sister’s home grown HypergiantW tomatoes which are a little larger than mine :-/

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Dragonfly: almost emerged

Posted on 10 July 2010 by Himself

We spotted a dragonfly trying to emerge from its nymph skin but the nymph had not attached itself securely to a reed….

…and so it struggled to free itself…

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Dragonfly nymph

Posted on 8 July 2010 by Himself

I apologise to those searching for the Dragonfly nymph pictures from last year as they seem to have become lost in the move to this dot net site. I did spot an empty one today…

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Feed me!

Posted on 4 July 2010 by Himself

The garden continues to feed the slugs, birds and assorted ravenous beasts. Yesterday evening…
and this morning…

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Pond Life (part one)

Posted on 16 June 2010 by Himself

In the murky depths beneath the lily pads lives all manner of creatures but an hour’s worth of video only revealed a newt (or possibly two) passing by momentarily…

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Dug

Posted on 21 April 2010 by Himself

The patch of garden sometimes euphemistically known as the vegetable plot has been abandoned since the flood three years ago. Somewhat overgrown it was broken up and turned over and then cleared and levelled and is now returning to a … Continue reading →

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Sprung

Posted on 3 March 2010 by Himself

Blue skies and some Hazel catkinW must be springtime…
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Emergent Dragonflies

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Himself

Just missed a couple of dragonfliesW emerging from their larval skins and could not get close enough for a good picture.
I did manage to collect an abandoned skin once they had departed.

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