Beginning of the Zucchini Glut

Cucurbita pepo 'Lebanese'

Hit by Hail

Pumpkin leaves hit by hailstones on Christmas Day

More Work on the Pond

Evil Ladybird

28 Spotted Ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

Crepe Myrtle!

Lagerstroemia indica

Apple Grafting Success

Sitting on the Nest Again

More Pavers

Lilies Flowering

Lilium sp.

A Second Batch of Eggs

Turdus merula

More Grafting

Tomato and Eggplant on to Solanum capsicoides

New Rugosa Rose

Rosa rugosa 'Rubra' - for the bees to play in

Baby Blackbird still at the Berryarium

Turdus merula

Summer Berries

Aquaponic strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) , bramble berries (Rubus sp.) from the berryarium

Hydrangeas

Hydrangea macrophylla

Codling Moth Exclusion Time Again

New Fish in the Pond

Extra Super on the Ocean Grove Hive

Ladybird

Coccinella sp.? - probably Spotted Amber Ladybird - Hippodamia variegata

Baby Blackbird in the Berryarium

Leaving the Nest

Aquaponic Strawberries

Grown this year with added nutrients

Spittlebugs

Spittlebug (family Aphrophoridae)

Bigger Baby Blackbirds

Turdus merula

Ladybird Nymphs

Eggs laid 14/11

Installed Flowmeter

Ladybird Eggs on Apple

Baby Blackbirds

Nesting under the back verandah (Turdus merula)

Flowmeter for Monitoring

Digital Flowmeter - Hall Type 1.5 - 25 l/Minute

Plumbing for Water Monitoring

Ladybird

Harmonia conformis

Feijoa Flowers

Acca sellowiana

Grafting Tomatoes

Moving Hives and Monitoring Water Use

New swarm moved to Ocean Grove for a seaside holiday

Prototype water monitoring

Broody Chooka and Ladybird Instar

Late instar of Common Spotted Ladybird

Hedging

Abelia grandiflora ' Kaleidoscope'

More Grafting Success

A Bigger Box for a Bigger Swarm

Second try, an extra super and some sugar water sprayed around

And Out Again

Uber Swarm

 First swarm from the first hive

First attempt to get them into a box

Blackbird Nest

Turdus merula

New Pond Bench

Red Hot Poker

Kniphofia caulescens

Grafting Success