I can never understand why people get twitchy about offering free accommodation. Not to humans of course, but to smaller critters that help out in the garden.
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More spiders
at 9:57 am on Wednesday 3 October 2007 12 Comments
Moving some bricks around the shed yesterday revealed one of my favourite spiders. There is no mistaking the ‘woodlouse’ spider, Dysdera crocata.
Read moreEarth, wind and fire
at 8:38 am on Tuesday 2 October 2007 2 Comments
There is a fine stretch of coastline near St Tropez that I have visited quite a few times. In July the hillside above the beach had been completely consumed by fire.
Read moreCareful demolition
at 9:57 am on Monday 1 October 2007 0 Comments
The orb webs of the garden spider, Araneus diadematus are much in evidence as the nights get cooler, especially in the morning when their dew- or rain-covered tracery is revealed all over the bushes.
Read moreOrganic pest control
at 8:10 am on Friday 28 September 2007 23 Comments
Parts of my garden have resembled something of a battleground this year. Why is it that all my favourite plants and crops have their very own pest to contend with?
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