Saturday. A very wet Friday, wall to wall cloud again this morning. The weather app on my wee kindle says it's going to be dry today however. We shall see. A very pleasant dream I've woken up from. I...
Friday. The weekend beckons again. Still raining here. According to yer wee man on the idiot box, it's here until lunchtime at least. I put the hedgehogs food under cover, four of them still...
Thursday; Very foggy outside, can't see the hills, visibility about 50 to 60 yards, so I haven't been out yet. When I do I will be back as quickly as possible. No sign of the hedgehogs, although the...
Please, please can somebody help. We are overrun with little white slugs on our lawn. Have picked up over 100 tonight - must be 500 or more in total so far. Are we fighting a losing battle and what...
Hi folks, I have some mice or rats nesting under our decking. They are difficult to locate but hear them in various areas. Last year we had them and I done away with our bird feeder as that was their...
Wednesday. Some cloud about, we are promised some rain today. not much of a summer so far, is it! Such is life. Seven hedgehogs fed last night, I wish I knew where they all come from. It started with...
Had what I thought was a polyanthus in a pot which was definitely not thriving. Lifted it and transplanted into the garden with some good compost. Now have a foxglove over a foot high. Isn't nature...
I have a feverfew in the garden which is smothered in blackfly. There are also ants running up and down the blackfly covered stems. I have read that the ants harvest them in some way. Do I need to dig...
Monday. Wall to wall cloud again. Not much of a summer is it! Oh well, life goes on. Five hedgehogs in the garden for supper, two of them still there now. Lovely to see them. I haven't bothered with...
I`m not normally one to impart bad news because this made me so sad https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-06-11/baby-swan-dies-after-being-kicked-out-the-way-by-a-jogger/...
Sunday. I had a lie in this morning, so my apologies for being late. Four hedgehogs in for supper last night. They cleared the lot! :o} We are going to see the sun for a while! I just hope it stays...
It's stopped raining! how long for remains to be seen. Wall to wall cloud, so not for very long methinks. The hedgehogs braved the weather to come and have their supper. I watched them tuck in, five...
You see some dumb idiots in the hospitals accident and emergency department, the boy the vase stuck on his head, the girl with a bead stuck up her nose. The other day a guy walked in, who had...
Friday. Wall to wall murk this morning, showers through the day. A wonderful summer innit! The hedgehogs have gone to bed, I don't blame them. I went to Tesco yesterday afternoon, the queue was about...