Wee Anjimals

no ugly bug ball in your garden then?

oh digginfit what a pain for you, could you encourage some other beasties to eat the first lot of beasties? I have been reading Alan Tichmarsh's garden design books, just out, they are great. have started a logpile for critters to live in, the greenfly have disappeared think that is the ladybirds..

greenfly disappeared since you made the log pile cazcat?

I've got log-piles, hedgehog house, bird feeders, ladybird houses, bumblebee homes - all sorts cazcat. But I think one of the main problems has been the weather this year, ideal for bugs! Fortunately I have managed to keep on top of them but the problem with the lavender beetle, apparantly, is that it has no known predators so it's a matter of picking them off before they have chance to breed.
I may take a look at Alan's new books although I have quite a few design and wild life gardening books. Thanks for the tip though.

i got lily beetles for the first time ~ i dont want them again! they ate and destroyed my crown imperials

Poor you, I had loads of lily beetle this year and my viburnum has been badly attacked by horrid viburnum beetle. I did pluck up the courage to stamp on the lily beetle and picked off the affected viburnum leaves ...and stamped on them too. Felt like Ming The Merciless! I had wasps in the garden one year...they kept down the greenfly. This year the house sparrows are doing their bit:-)

Well done to those little heroes the sparrows!

I had forgotten about Ming the merciless - but I'm going to enjoy copying his antics on slugs and lily beetles! They have had enough of my garden!

Not had much of a slug problem so far this year....perhaps I shouldn't have said that ...erm.. touch wood:-)

Lucky you!