The rain arrives

 

 Wow. what a lovely long dry spell we have had. It's been weeks since we have had rain. The ground has  been suffering but we have now got five  days of rain forecast with up to 30mm of rain expected the first day. I mowed both lawns this morning so by the time the rain stops we should have a great fresh green lawn.

Yellow Peril

 I don't usually plant many yellow plants apart from tulips and fritallarias but this year I have a rouge sunflower plant smack bang in the middle of the veg patch, an unknown flower in my wild flower patch, the giant Scabiosa by the greenhouse as well as the fennel and a lovely yellow courgette flower this year I seem to have exceeded my quota.

Larvae damage.

These little critters stripped the leaves of this plant in a  matter of days. Once the adult Sawfly creates a tear in the leaves she then lays her eggs and when they turn into the larvae they smother the leaves and munch on them till they are completely eaten. This happens every year with Solomon's Seal.

Coming out of it's shell

Here is one of those strange, shelless eggs that occasionally get laid by the hens. It's a perfect egg - just without a shell.