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Garden Diary – Week of the Six Butterflies
We’re lucky to have lots of butterflies in the garden, but I don’t remember ever having six species in one week before. I can only assume that the warm weather has brought them all out together. It’s incredible considering that this time last year I was so concerned at the low numbers. And I wasn’t alone, lots of gardeners on the gardening socials were saying the same, we were all concerned. So, I am especially happy with my fluttering garden this year. It started really early too with a Peacock back on 4th March. That was followed by a Holly blue on the 2nd April and an Orange tip in…
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Garden Diary – Picking fruit with butterflies bringing rain
Don’t they say, that a butterfly in Brazil fluttering its wings can cause a tornado in Texas? Well it must be true! As, no sooner did the garden fill with butterflies fluttering all around than we finally got thunderstorms and rain! Joking apart though, we have had more butterflies than I’ve seen for years, possibly in all the years we’ve been here. But I don’t believe that they are in any way responsible for the thunderstorms! My butterfly identifying skills occasionally need a bit of work though, with me regularly mixing up the Meadow Brown with a Gatekeeper, luckily social media is full of lots of knowledgeable people that helped…





