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The ghost's pumpkin was tossed into the compost bin. It flees just before the leaves collapse on him/her! Happy Halloween everyone!
Fenced Friday
I took this out the kitchen window. Usually these birds fly away when they see me, but this one was kind enough to stay put for a few moments. I love the colours on the wings of the Starlings, that blue is so pretty!
The plastic earth screws were no match for Bruno. We’ve had lots of visits from this bear and/or it’s friends.
The plastic earth screws were no match for Bruno. We’ve had lots of visits from this bear and/or it’s friends.
We are looking forward to lots of golden, cherry size, tomatoes from this plant. They are wonderful for picking and eating on the spot. The grass clippings are intentional. They help maintain soil moisture and suppress weed growth. Behind the tomato is a gradually collapsing compost bin which has enriched the garden soil for decades.
Fenced Friday
A Partially Walled Garden within the Park that Volunteer Members prepare throughout the Year for School Visits
Ealing/Acton/Chiswick, West London. UK
The Flickr Lounge-Made Of Wood
These are wood pallets we got from a local business to use for our compost bins. The Rhubarb is growing on the left side and a volunteer Delicata Squash is growing in front of the bin.
Fallen plastic (pretend) greenhouse and two fallen clay squirrels …
Was the only damage we suffered in Storm Eowyn. We’re blessed.
The green plastic greenhouse was fastened to the fence by four cable ties. I think they were cut away by the constant rubbing on the fence in the high winds.
All the plant pots and other gardening paraphernalia fell out when I unzipped it. It wasn’t bad because it made me sort it out and tidy the shelves.
I’ve fixed it back to the fence with thicker cable ties now.
I plan to buy a proper greenhouse later this year. I just need to do a couple of jobs first. Including laying a concrete base for it.
Stacksteads
Lancashire
I got quite excited when I saw this little creature in our compost bin, but eventually discovered it is a feral common woodlouse or pill bug. Regardless of its "feral-ness" it is a fascinating little thing. When I touched it, it rolled up very quickly into a neat little ball. See the images in the the first comment box.
It is very primitive looking and is actually a land-living crustacean. There are a number of different species found in Australia. Some are native. They are scavengers and feed mainly on decaying organic matter and are usually considered beneficial.
More information: www.cesaraustralia.com/sustainable-agriculture/pestnotes/...
For more on this one, you could have a look at my blog: davewhatt.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/leaves-on-an-ugly-thing/
Series of three. I found this interesting spider on the underside of the compost bin lid. Not one I have seen before. An ID would be appreciated, if anyone knows what it is. I think it is Steatoda grossa or nobilis, dark variety.
I have a new lens! 35mm prime lens, more importantly it has auto focus! Hooray! Still experimenting with it.
how could i disturb this lovely display in order to put the vegie scraps in the compost bin?
by the way, one of these days i will post a successful photo of INSIDE the compost bin - i really do have a great compost happening at the moment!
20200429_6656_7D2-29 Shifting Compost (120/366)
Five-six weeks ago I emptied compost bin #3 (right one here) and sieved the compost for the garden. I then shifted what was left in bin #1 (very left) to bin #3 and started filling bin #1 with autumn prunings, lawn clippings, shredded leaves, horse poo and kitchen scraps.
Over the last five weeks with the Covid-19 lockdown I have worked in garden for at least three hours every day, so bin #1 was full again.
I decided this morning to transfer the last contents of #2 to the top of #3 and that has been done in this pic.
After lunch I shifted the contents of #1 to #2. Each bin is 1 - 1.1m deep, 1.2m wide and between .8 and 1.1m high.
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A Wednesday in my neighbourhood; day to put out bins for Thursday's collection.
Agfa ISO-RAPID IF, camera test and film test
Agfa Isopan ISS Rapid 100, expired November 1967
Semi-stand Developed in Blazinal/Rodinal 1:150 for 1 hour
Very surprised and thrilled that I got results from film that expired in 1967. Lens is extra soft on this camera, or it could be that I took the lens out to clean and screwed it back too far. Very vintage feel though; I like it!
The Flickr Lounge-Container(s)
I put all the recyclable kitchen food items in this and it gets dumped into our large compost pile in the backyard by the Hoop House.
I found this pretty hoverfly larva among the leaves in the compost bin this morning. It looks like Platycheirus podagratus in my book, but I'm happy to be corrected.
on the compost bin, eating the peanuts I left to feed the voles, this badger is a female and is missing her left eye, I can get within a foot of her and even the dogs barking doesn't spook her
Stacked image taken through a microscope. The head is approx 0.4 mm wide.
Identified by Gunnar M. Kvifte, University Museum of Bergen, from a number of photos as one of the Psychoda albipennis complex of species. Gunnar explained that the species that have been named in the Psychoda albipennis complex are P. albipennis, P. severini, P. inornata, P. parthenogenetica, P. satchelli, P. zetterstedti and P. jezeki. Most sources consider at least some of these to be synonyms, but the taxonomy is very unclear and is still being worked out. According to Gunnar, using the character system of Jezek (1983, 1990), this specimen is P. satchelli. See www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=59662
and personal............this is the one eared badger, I am so close I could actually touch it, not a good idea though, look at the length of it's claws, one came into the garden at 7pm last week, my two westies were out and spotted it, chased it out but not before it swiped kim on her mouth and left her damaged, fortunately it wasn't as bad as the last time and didn't require stitches, the badgers in our garden are scared of nothing!
out the window yesterday....find the compost bins ! Then see an orchid in winter.... then dried Chinese Lanterns beside a window, in soft dusty light.....
20191011_1377_7D2-50 Compost Bins
At the start of this day the bin on the right did not exist. The bin on the left was my old bin #3, built about six months ago (in autumn/fall) and was full to 1m high.
We have decided to put a 3m x 3m garden shed behind the garage (to store some of my son's stuff) and therefore the old compost bins 1 and 2 (built about a year ago) have to be moved, as well as the 1,000 litre water tank that collects rainwater from the garage roof. It will go in part of the space vacated by old bin #2.
Therefore old bin #3 (on the left) is now new bin #1, there is a new bin #2 (now with the contents of old #3/new #1) and the third bin is yet to be built.
Each bin is approximately 1.2m wide x 1m deep and up to 1m high, so today I built bin #2 and shifted 1.2 cubic metres of compost, as well as looking after the two grand kids for the last day of the school holidays. Term 4 starts on Monday!
A voracious centipede in the compost bin. 21 May 2019. Ealing, London, England, UK.
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20190122_0806_7D2-24 Compost Bins #1 and #2
Four months ago (early Spring) I built the first of two new compost bins, after demolishing old bins #1 and #2. New #1 is to the left with the Golden Nugget Pumpkin/Squash in an old style kerbside recycle bin on top of the compost. Bin #2, built six weeks later, is to the right and is still being filled.
Old bin #3 further to the right has year old compost and growing more pumpkins this summer. It, and the contents of old bins #1 and #2 will be spread over bare sections of the garden come autumn and winter.