The Year That Was

My feeling about this past season encapsulated in one image. By now of course I have shrugged off this lousy year and am filled with optimism for the summer of 2025. Having studied the SoilFoodWeb course last winter most of my efforts this year have been in building better compost piles and making teas and extracts and I hope that next summer I will start to reap the benefit!

Flies in the Ointment Bush

 

Well, in the event, the camera decided to focus on the bluebottle instead of the rather magnificent Hornet-Mimicking Hoverfly.

Oh Mollusk

Anthocyanin must be disagreeable to their tastebuds. I have noticed that cabbage whites are less likely to lay their eggs on purple cabbage, but I put that down to camouflage...

 

 

 

... on reflection, my mother also much preferred green grapes to purple.