Spider I.D please
Same experience here - many years ago we had many whitetail spiders in the house, at least one a night. With all the bad press on whitetail spiders and finding…
Interesting plant popped up - can anyone ID it?
I have been thinking wild mustard but I think its a little too big?
Shes now about 1.3Mtrs high, going strong
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Interesting plant popped up - can anyone ID it?
Just a few more pics that may assist: The colours on the stem and the small hairs on the leaves. Nighttime shots this time
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Interesting plant popped up - can anyone ID it?
Thanks everyone so far Trinity here is a closeup of the flowers. I apologise for the grainy image quality - photo was taken on dusk.
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Interesting plant popped up - can anyone ID it?
Hi Everyone,
This plant is about 70cm high and we are just wondering if anyone knows what it is? It has grown really fast.
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Thanks
Some thngs are out of balance
We put in some good bug mix seeds last year. This year aphids & caterpillars are being attacked. I smile when I see the cabbage white butterflies laying eggs.
Should I bother to kill aphids ?
Here are some dead aphids that have been attacked by a parasitic wasp.
Notice there are also eggs from the brown lacewing on this one.
The eggs are VERY small and I…
Should I bother to kill aphids ?
Hi Cabinfever,
One of our roses has a lot of aphids but on closer inspection there also was a number of mummified aphids (attacked by a parasitic wasp) also some lacewing…
Deep Planting
Indeed, shall be interesting to see how the few plants we planted deep in clay go....
Rock walls - alternate for retaining?
Hi Mrs Smith,
A few years ago replaced some timber around the yard with rocks....
(The wood you can see in 2nd (top) row in the second photo has been replaced also)
Took…