Monthly Archive: May 2010

Chamomile Shark 3

Chamomile Shark – Ceredigion Moths

Things have been quiet in the moth trap here lately thanks to the cold overnight temperatures, but there was a new species for me in the trap last night: 3x Hebrew Character 1x Chamomile Shark* The Chamomile Shark feeds on chamomile and feverfew and we have loads of feverfew in the garden. I don’t think...

Working in The Garden 0

A ‘Proper’ Bank Holiday Weekend – Garden DIY

I don’t normally do Bank Holiday weekends as I never used to have the chance. When I worked as a Zookeeper then Bank Holidays were always very busy so there was no chance of a day off. The same was true whilst I was a Beach lifeguard in North Devon, and as a student in...

Chives 0

Growing your Own – Herbs, Fruit and Veg

Our garden is coming along nicely at the moment. Other than the raised beds that I built a couple of weeks ago we don’t have any areas dedicated to growing fruit, veg or herbs, but it’s surprising just how many culinary plants we do have. Amazon.co.uk Widgets Herbs We have various herbs dotted around the...

I’m not doing the Dyfi Enduro 3

I’m not doing the Dyfi Enduro

Well, I’m not doing the Dyfi Enduro. I’ve got a pretty bad cold and its been getting worse over the past couple of days. I was exhausted yetsterday after driving into town and back and don’t feel any better today so there’s simply no point. Especially considering the fact that last time I did a...

Eriocrania subpurpurella 0

Identifying Micro Moths

Mike, the warden of the local Nature Reserve has called around a couple of time this week with little challenges for me in the form of Micro Moths to photograph and identify. I’m only just getting to grips with the Macro Moths so the micros are pretty difficult. The first was this which I think...