06-07-2022, 08:41 AM
Heading down to Devonport today to stock up on fruit and veg with the nasty weather due back tomorrow. And coffee of course with more of that gorgeous chocolate brownie perhaps as a reward for not letting that urge to make winter puddings get past the 'I could make...' stage! Going to get even wetter so they tell us...
And there are leaves to sweep up now most of the fall is past, and still roses to prune, and copper spray to make up and apply to the peach tree. I did however work out which bug is devastating my cinerarias. Magpie moth. I had two of them on the windowsill yesterday and checked out their life history, and sure enough they are the beasties. But, being a native, I don't mind too much, we have to support our own and share the bounty...
And there are leaves to sweep up now most of the fall is past, and still roses to prune, and copper spray to make up and apply to the peach tree. I did however work out which bug is devastating my cinerarias. Magpie moth. I had two of them on the windowsill yesterday and checked out their life history, and sure enough they are the beasties. But, being a native, I don't mind too much, we have to support our own and share the bounty...