There's a whole lot of mating going on! It appears another male is coming in! Making three? Butterflies mate fac...

my photos EGG-CITING DISCOVERY! This isn't the first egg I've found buried whole in my planters! It's the work of a fox, ...

my photos WINTER INTEREST .. berries .. grasses .. seedheads .

Forecast for today .. blustery with rain. .

my photos BASKING IN OCTOBER SUNSHINE Monty Don said on Gardener's World this evening that he's been pleased with how his Dahli...

my photo FRAGRANT SWEETPEAS Instead of Runner Beans next year, I think I'll grow more Sweetpeas. After a slow start, this mix Ele...

my photos A COLOUR SPLASH IN AUTUMN It's October, and we imagine the garden to be full of browns, yellows and oranges. Not so! ...

I've decided to leave my 300th post giveaway open for a while longer. For each and every comment you leave, you'll gain an entry int...

my photos HUMMINGBIRD HAWK-MOTH Hummingbird Hawk-moths move at speed, and are not easy to photo, so I was pleased to get these three p...

my photo PAINTED LADY I don't know where they've been hiding up until now, but today I spotted the first Painted Lady of ...

my photos LATE SUMMER FAVOURITES AND A 300TH POST GIVEAWAY This is my 300th post so I'm having another giveaway! The give...

my photo HOVERFLIES There are about 6000 species and 200 genera in the family. I get to see many varieties in my own garden, incl...

my photos THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT AND A GIVEAWAY WINNER Beautiful Anchusa with its gentian-blue flowers. It's a hardy perennial, mainly ...

my photo CERINTHE MAJOR PURPURASCENS I question why it has taken me so long to introduce Cerinthe to my garden? I've always loved...

... I'd love this beautiful blue-stemmed Sea Holly even more if it didn't smell so bad! Since my last edit, I've come to the...

my photos NEW ADDITIONS FOR AN AUTUMN GARDEN Isn't it a beauty, it's a Helenium Sahins Early Flowerer, it's really tall, an...

my photos NEW VISITORS AND A GIVEAWAY There's been new visitors to the patch recently, including this fluffed-up blackbird fledgling and...

my photos THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT ... is on. So today hasn't been the best of days for counting butterflies, but there's plenty of t...