Caterpillar damage

Effects of the cabbage white caterpillars on our cabbages.

Caterpillar

The results of our gardening efforts can be seen below. We have been growing cabbages. This was fine until the “cabbage white butterflies” took an interest in them. Despite picking off the eggs and removing the growing caterpillars when we saw them we now have skeletal cabbage plants and HUGE great caterpillars. Like this one…

 

We won’t bother with cabbages again next year.

Hole

A scene reminiscent of the Somme or from the movie "Holes" greeted us yesterday.

Over by the back fence was a pile of dirt, the base of the fence had been torn away and there was a tunnel under the fence. Perhaps the closest movie should be "The Great Escape" rather than "Holes".

We thought at first that it may be the cats, but it seems too small for them. Finally we concluded that it may be a rabbit hole! We asked around, but no one nearby has lost a rabbit.

See flickr pics

Hedgehog

Had a little visitor to the front garden this afternoon. (S)he was enjoying lunch - looking for worms I guess.

I saw him/her/it/one just like it in the car headlights a few days ago, just wandering over the road outside the house.

It must have a "nest" nearby.