The photo - yes. That’s me decked out so I don’t swallow a lungful of dust from ripping an old manky ivy down. Or swallow spiders as big as my hands that were emerging from it. The photo sequence audio goes something like this:- Photo 1 - dealing with ivy, Photo 2 - “Rich? [...]
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I had to do a rescue mission late last evening on the cabbages. My prized Kilaxy cabbages were under attack by the above monster munchers. I *think* they’re cabbage white caterpillars. I can certainly see the ‘cat’ in caterpillar.
Whilst I expect and don’t really mind the cabbage whites’ spawn feasting on a couple of my [...]
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We have a Victoria Plum tree here at the Smallest Smallholding. It’s a proper old, knarly tree that we think was here as part of the original market garden that the land was once a part of. The remnants of the market garden include said plum tree, a damson and perhaps the crab apple. There [...]
In addition to my post below,we also have a small spattering of the other sort of corn - err, corn. Field corn? It’s been growing under the crab apple all summer. I thought it looked good, especially as we have lots of poppies growing close by. It’s also been a handy place for wildlife to [...]
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