These little guys are super small, but once I saw one it was easy to spot the other two. Three little speckled bush-crickets happily getting some sun on the potato plants. Which has reminded me of how awesome bush-crickets are, so I may just do a bigger post with all the different ones I have photographed over the years. I’ve also been naming flies, bees and beetles, so there may be a few more nature posts coming up 🙂
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It was another cloudy day.
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I really didn’t think I would ever see one in my garden as it appears to be fully fenced. But a few nights ago, our dog just wouldn’t come in and was extra interested in the far corner. I jokingly said its probably a hedgehog not believing it could be. But I was actually right!
Because the dog sniffed around so much, I think it was quite scared. I probably didn’t help by shining a light on it and taking pictures but wanted to document it being there.
I now know there is a small hole at the back of the fence behind the compost bin, so am glad nature found its way in. Our garden has an awful lot of snails, slugs and worms so think it’s well catered for. Hopefully it will visit again some time.
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This is called a big root geranium. I didn’t know this when I got it, thinking it was just a normal geranium like my grandma used to have. Nope, this one is different.
Starting as just an ordinary small plant i bought for my wedding anniversary a couple of years ago. It’s growing and spreading. Creating a small little patch of green and pink. It’s lovely. Smells a bit weird when you touch the leaves, but the bugs like it.
The bees however, love it. There were 3 different types yesterday, but they move quickly so not the easiest to catch!
I have now taken a section of it and planted in another pot, so I can move some of that awesome pink colour around the garden.
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I bought two strawberry plants a couple of years ago. One with white flowers, one with red flowers. I didn’t realise the red one was just ornamental, or must be as no strawberries on it last year. And so far this year, no red flowers on it either. Maybe the other one took over, as per the picture further down.
These are three different patches of strawberries now flowering. If you didn’t know, strawberries spread, going as far as you let them.
One box now has them all the way along. And, although I didn’t plant any potatoes in this one this year, we have potatoes coming up! I guess I didn’t find all of last years and they’re coming back. Funny because I’ve planted potatoes in the next bed along this year.
At the end of the strawberry box, we also have a mingled corner with rosemary, parsley and winter jasmine.
Lots of green at the moment in the garden with small spots of colour coming through. Another couple of months and I am expecting a lot of colour 🙂 One of last years strawberries below, so I’m hopeful of at least a few more this year!
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Every day there seems to be more and more happening. Today was filled with finding buds, bugs and Bees 😁
These things are all a bit late on developing this year as the cold has slowed them down. But they’ll progress quickly now I think if we can have a few more days of sunshine and rain.
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Just for a bit of brightness.
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There are Starlings and Sparrows nesting in the holes and eaves of both my neighbours houses, so I had just been enjoying the little chirping of new birds from afar. Or so I thought. Today I saw a bird shoot into my wall and disappear. I watched and waited, and saw the exit. So quick I almost missed it. But it looked like a Blue tit. So I got my camera, set to video mode and waited, again. And waited. Just before giving up, it darted out and luckily I caught it. Here are the stills. It’s extra exciting now to know I also have birds nesting, and interesting to see how they make do and manage to find somewhere warm, dry and safe right alongside people.
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This is an updated post as since doing the original one a few of weeks ago, I found three more!
Amazing how many different spiders there have been just in my small garden. I have listed all the ones from the last two years and hopefully will get more this year. And because I have a number of pics for each, I think a post showcasing each of them will soon come as well 🙂
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Cloudy but sunny days.
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