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Coccinellidae
How many ladybirds have you seen this summer? I have only seen one and that was when it landed on my arm ...

Swallows and Columbine.
The summer sky above the garden is busy - with dashing flight, shining blue backs and burst of twittering which sounds more like gossip than birdsong - there is no mistaking the most beautiful, agile and heart-lifting of birds - the swallow ...

Everything’s coming up roses.
This is the month for roses. Classic roses that adorn our walled kitchen garden are at their peak around the middle of June ...

We’re awash with cow parsley
For me, nothing celebrates the glorious month of May more than the wonderful froth of cow parsley ...

Tulips Galore
April begins with bare brown branches and bare brown soil and ends with long days full of the majesty of Spring ...

You Know You’re Getting Old When…..
I turn 41 next month, still a youngster I know, but I've been noticing recently signs that I'm getting older….. Thinking about the good old days, and the older I get the more good old days there are to look back on. Trying to remember where I left things and I find myself walking in the tool shed and trying ...

Only one leg to stand on
We don't just have one one-legged pheasant. We have two. A male and female with two legs between them that Hew has named Percy and Percina ...

Dahlia Mania
Dahlias are back in vogue. Once dismissed as being terribly old fashioned and vulgar - gardeners and florists can't get enough of the enduring charm of dahlias ...