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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    A friend from Loughborough (twinned with Gembloux where we lived) brought 2yr old Possum a battery powered dancing Santa complete with ghastly music.  I made sure it did not survive to next Xmas.

    Minor curmudge - I have planted dill and fennel, hoping to attract any swallowtail butterflies that might be about.  The caterpillars are lovely, interesting and civilised as they manage to gorge themselves without denuding the plants.  Typically, OH spotted a swallowtail on the verbena bonariensis while I was out this pm.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Still no butterflies at all on my wild marjoram. It looks a mess and I'm getting peeved. I only leave it for them. Plenty of bees and/ or wasps though 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Walked on clover barefoot. Got stung by an ungrateful bee or wasp😞
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ouch @B3 😢. Have a sit down 🛋 ☕️ 🍰 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's worn off now. Shoes on the grass for a while.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Ungrateful little beast, I had a bee sting on my hand last year, arm swollen like a Michelin man for nearly a week. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dare I say I'm a bit curmudgeonly  that a WHITE hyrdrangea given to me by a dear friend has flowered beautifully with pinky purple flowers? 
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Looks like I got away lightly @Lyn but it was pretty painful at the time. I was glad it was just one.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No idea what's lurking in our undergrowth be it plant bed, wild area or what passes for grass so flip flops are essential here @B3. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I believe your Western Whip snakes have a powerful [ if non venomous ] bite, @Obelixx
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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