A miserable rainy night yesterday. Not ideal for the moth trap or for traipsing round the garden in your dressing gown at 4am to rescue soggy egg boxes full of moths. But it was all worth it when this Leopard Moth showed its spots in the trap. They’re supposedly reasonably common, but this is the first one I’ve seen in the garden. My lovely little leopard brings the number of moth species seen in our garden this year up to a total of 107! Not bad considering we’re only just over half way through the year. You’d never know most of these moths were around (unless you go camping and have to use an outside loo at night with the light on) as they disappear to who knows where during the day.
Hello world!
Too Lazy To Weed is alive!!!
Finally got around to starting the blog to share the wildlife we find in our garden. Of course if I’d been organised, I’d have started this at New Year or the mid-summer solstice or some other vaguely notable date. Instead I’ve started on a wet Monday in mid July when nothing particularly special is happening in the garden. But then that’s the thing – there is actually stuff going on in the garden ALL the time; you just need to look for it. There are insects and birds and hedgehogs all doing their thing, getting on with their lives whether you watch them or not. And the beauty of watching the wildlife in your own garden is that you can do it all from a deckchair with a glass of wine in your hand (or maybe that’s just me?) – no need for fancy equipment or expensive expeditions (apart from the odd trip to the shops if you run out of said wine).
So if anyone other than me and my long-suffering family ever read this, I hope they enjoy the photos and my rambling thoughts on life in a scruffy little organic garden.
Too Lazy To Weed 