I have planned my veg garden for next year, picked the seeds I require (not
able to order as Suttons web page has problems :-( ) Dug over, manured or
limed all empty beds, never managed that before, but nature has been very
kind.
Feeling very complacent I was walking my territory when on passing my
brussels, horror of horrors my Xmas dinner was being eaten by cabbage white
caterpillars, checked calendar, yes it is mid November. So smugness etc
waned, and I thought, what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come up
with to balance the last few weeks?
Cheers
John T

"John Towill" wrote:
Feeling very complacent I was walking my territory when on passing my
brussels, horror of horrors my Xmas dinner was being eaten by cabbage
white
caterpillars, checked calendar, yes it is mid November. So smugness etc
waned, and I thought, what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come
up
with to balance the last few weeks?


Yes, it's crazy. I still have lobelia, annual rudbeckia, early-type
clematis and fuchsia in full bloom, as well as a few flowers on an exochorda
bride which is supposed to flower only in May.

No doubt having said this a frost will come in tonight and cut down the lot!

"John wrote in message
I have planned my veg garden for next year, picked the seeds I require
(not
able to order as Suttons web page has problems :-( ) Dug over, manured
or
limed all empty beds, never managed that before, but nature has been very
kind.
Feeling very complacent I was walking my territory when on passing my
brussels, horror of horrors my Xmas dinner was being eaten by cabbage
white
caterpillars, checked calendar, yes it is mid November. So smugness etc
waned, and I thought, what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come
up
with to balance the last few weeks?

I know the feeling, last week I dug one of our allotments, raked it nice and
smooth, it looked like a big earth pillow, very satisfying, felt good.
Two day later I go down there to find hardly a square inch without a fox paw
print, deep holes dug at random, hardly looks like it's been dug and raked
at all. :-(

--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:34:39 -0000, "Janice"
wrote:

Yes, it's crazy. I still have lobelia, annual rudbeckia, early-type
clematis and fuchsia in full bloom, as well as a few flowers on an exochorda
bride which is supposed to flower only in May.

I found a nice yellow poppy in bloom yesterday near a ditch on my golf
course. And there's bloody flies flying around the house!

--
®óñ© © ²°°³

John Towill wrote:

... what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come up
with to balance the last few weeks?

There's a storm promised for the end of the week.
--
Nick Wagg

"John wrote in message
I have planned my veg garden for next year, picked the seeds I require
(not
able to order as Suttons web page has problems :-( ) Dug over, manured
or
limed all empty beds, never managed that before, but nature has been very
kind.
Feeling very complacent I was walking my territory when on passing my
brussels, horror of horrors my Xmas dinner was being eaten by cabbage
white
caterpillars, checked calendar, yes it is mid November. So smugness etc
waned, and I thought, what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come
up
with to balance the last few weeks?

I know the feeling, last week I dug one of our allotments, raked it nice and
smooth, it looked like a big earth pillow, very satisfying, felt good.
Two day later I go down there to find hardly a square inch without a fox paw
print, deep holes dug at random, hardly looks like it's been dug and raked
at all. :-(

--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:34:39 -0000, "Janice"
wrote:

Yes, it's crazy. I still have lobelia, annual rudbeckia, early-type
clematis and fuchsia in full bloom, as well as a few flowers on an exochorda
bride which is supposed to flower only in May.

I found a nice yellow poppy in bloom yesterday near a ditch on my golf
course. And there's bloody flies flying around the house!

--
®óñ© © ²°°³

John Towill wrote:

... what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come up
with to balance the last few weeks?

There's a storm promised for the end of the week.
--
Nick Wagg

"John Towill" wrote in message
...
I have planned my veg garden for next year, picked the seeds I require
(not
able to order as Suttons web page has problems :-( ) Dug over, manured
or
limed all empty beds, never managed that before, but nature has been very
kind.
Feeling very complacent I was walking my territory when on passing my
brussels, horror of horrors my Xmas dinner was being eaten by cabbage
white
caterpillars, checked calendar, yes it is mid November. So smugness etc
waned, and I thought, what drought, flood or pestilence will nature come
up
with to balance the last few weeks?
Cheers
John T



Good evening,

Me and my neighbour spent a confused minute or two watching a Red Admiral (I
assume that is what it was, as it was mainly red!) fluttering between our
gardens today.

I'm no expert on butterflies - or insects full stop, for that matter - but I
assume that butterflies should not be flying around this time of year - or
for that matter a bee shouldn't have been flying around the living room
today!

Cheers,


Andrew

In article , ajr
writes

Me and my neighbour spent a confused minute or two watching a Red Admiral (I
assume that is what it was, as it was mainly red!)

No! Red Admirals are mainly black ;-)
Basically black with a bright red stripe along the edge of the wing.
Peacocks are obvious - big 'eyes' on the wing like on a peacock feather,
though they are brownish colours rather than greens and blues.

fluttering between our
gardens today.

I'm no expert on butterflies - or insects full stop, for that matter - but I
assume that butterflies should not be flying around this time of year - or
for that matter a bee shouldn't have been flying around the living room
today!

They need heat to be active, so the warmer the autumn, the longer they
can be around. There's still quite a lot of insects around up here
(Yorks)
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm