When I opened the kitchen door early this morning Mrs Blackbird hopped onto the step and had a good look in at me - I thought she was actually going to come inside. She didn't but kept stopping to have a look at what I was up to in the garden in between feeding her cheeping brood.
Installed beautiful new ceramic ground piece from Diana (www.dianaroles.co.uk). It deserves a better backdrop but otherwise works perfectly in its chosen spot - picture to follow.
Caught and dispatched 7 lily beetles today then managed to dislodge 2 more who did their clever trick of turning black side up so I lost them. Returned later to find 2 more - the same ones? - and used new technique of placing one hand underneath and catching with the other before squashing.
Potted up about 25 tiny seedlings of clematis "Minuet". I just can't bear to throw them away....
Spent over an hour in the sunshine picking off black-spotted rose leaves and noticed I still have some unidentifiable fungi growing in the grass.
Beautiful day and still, warm evening.
June view 2009
View of rose and herb garden, June 2009
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