General Arion and Swaddie, two well-fed black slugs, are discussing the garden and their gardener – again! Housemartins are home, sir. Good to see them, Swaddie: my sort of bird without a doubt; neve… more →
Trouble in the gardenwrote 9 hours ago: Check out the slug. Thats how you know my veges aren’t riddled with toxins! I thought the slug … more →
wrote 11 hours ago: Another vote for deleting the “Not” in my Blog title…. Last night I was rather bus … more →
wrote 16 hours ago: Yesterday afternoon I bought Kate her first can of crazy string. I know, I know, crazy right? That … more →
wrote 17 hours ago: At the allotment things keep changing, growing, rotting, thriving or going bad. It’s impossibl … more →
wrote 20 hours ago: Anti-chicken netting… but not anti-Aliss! Well finally I had to admit defeat – Aliss, th … more →
wrote 1 day ago: I ventured into the wonderful wold of leeks about a month ago. Really it was a long time ago and I c … more →
wrote 1 day ago: The fact that we can 3D-print guns, each scarier than the last, is unsettling enough. But why would … more →
wrote 1 day ago: I’m not a hippy dippy type gardener. I’m not organic. I own Resolva weedkiller. I learne … more →
wrote 1 day ago: On the hunt Although I like to think of myself as a fairly relaxed and easy going kind of chap (I ca … more →
wrote 1 day ago: The National Slug and Snail Hunt is on! The warmer damp weather has brought them out in numbers. Thi … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Poo Sticks, Hadrian’s Wall and Slugs There are things Father’s should pass on to their kids, … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Fact for today: essentially the only differencebetween slugs and snails is that snails carrycoiled s … more →
wrote 2 days ago: “Let’s go for a walk!!!” Spotted!!! Did you see the Bumble Bee?!?! <img src= … more →
wrote 3 days ago: How good do these look? Andrew decided on Sunday to pick the bulk of our chillies. Different varieti … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Looking towards the Terrace and Orchard at Old School Garden To Walter Degrasse Dear Walter, Well, o … more →
wrote 3 days ago: The green sea slug is quite the anomaly. It has the ability to photosynthesize as it can manufacture … more →
wrote 4 days ago: The very last place I lived in Denver had a microscopic yard with little sunlight and no hope for ve … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Spirea “Magic Carpet” The weather felt warm enough to venture out into the garden this w … more →
wrote 5 days ago: While most people attract slugs to eat something poisonous to protect their garden plants, I allow t … more →