Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
With rain forecast for later in the night I wasn’t sure whether to put the moth trap out, but in the end decided to risk it. It was fine in the end as I was up at 4am so able to get the trap in before it started raining properly. There was a nice selection...
I’ve just had a stroll around the garden. Everything is coming along nicely and there are quite a few new flowers out today as well, so I took some snaps of them with my little compact camera.
I don’t know if it’s just that I’m noticing them more this year but I’ve just found another caterpillar crawling across the path. This one looks like the larvae of a Drinker Moth to me.
I’ve just found a little caterpillar on the honeysuckle, looking for all the world like a little twig. Perfect camouflage, so much so that he almost got pruned along with the other dead twigs. Having looked through some books, it looks most likely to be the caterpillar of an Engrailed Moth.
I put the moth trap out last night and then went out and sat by it. It seemed more as though I was feeding the bats though as there were loads of them about, swooping down and flying under the pergola and then circling around the moth trap. I didn’t get to see them close...
The weather looked perfect for putting the moth trap out last night, mild, still and a little cloudy. The temperature only dropped to 13.1ºC overnight and there was barely any wind. I put the trap out and sat out there with it for a bit listening to the bats squeaking as they flew past and...
Unfortunately I was unable to attend the Ceredigion Moth Group National Moth Might meeting as I was competing in the Wotton Triathlon. Several members of the group met up in Greybeards Wood on Saturday night where they were joined by the North and South Ceredigion Bat Groups. Greybeard’s Wood is a privately owned wood and...
The other day I was having a discussion with Morgan (who is 5) about the number of species of plants and animals that live in our garden. Ever since he has been going on to me to write a list of every plant and animal that I can think of that we’ve seen in the...
My research into starting up beekeeping continues. I’ve been reading lots of books, listening to beekeeping podcasts, lurking (and posting) on various beekeeping forums and have now contacted the local beekeeping association. My main worries have revolved around the location and whether or not our garden would be suitable for a hive or two. I’ve...
National Moth night is this coming weekend, May 15th to be precise. It is an annual event that is the UK’s celebration of moths and moth recording. The date varies each year to focus recording efforts on different parts of the season. To take part in National Moth Night 2010 all you need to do...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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