A day of immigrant in UK

Kasy thats really clever, lovely photos and it made me laugh!!!

:) Thanks Sticki - as they are saying 'life is brutal', lol

yes it can be very very tough.

those views are beautiful and kasy your english is incredibly good.

very good Kasy lovely view i've had a few of them lily beetles myself already but sorry to say they were evicted with extreme prejudice...

Great blog, Kasy. It can't be easy being red!

Great blog! Thoroughly enjoyed it, & the photos too. Now I will worry about every snail I 'relocate'!

Love you, Beetle Protector. Every thing on this planet has its place. Needless to say to you. :)

:) yes the view is lovely indeed. Can't get enough of it. Different every day:)
My slugs and snails are finding a new home behind the fence - most of the time;-(
As for life of immigrant - I really enjoy living here. Not sure about the Red Beetle. Covered my ears and drove off, lol.

I have pretty much worked in every European country and have been made to feel welcome in all of them. My attempts at speaking the local languages always go down well. Hello, please, thank you, morning, yes and no are easy to say and I try and learn them even if I am just visiting. I personally do not think of Europeans as immigrants, the more I travel in Europe the more similarities that I see. In Tallinn the shop keepers sweep the street outside their premises right to the middle of the road (like my mum and grandad said we used to do here), they also have days when everyone in the neighbourhood tidies up their street - again something I remember from childhood, cutting down weeds, collecting rubbish etc. There is a shared culture if not a shared language.

Never seen one of those. The only immigrants we've got here are English ;o)
Most of them are nice ...

Never seen a lily beetle hywel? Lucky you.

Lol, Hywel, you are Welsh, right? Lol.
Kildermorie, where are you from?

Hi Kasy .. lovely blog... good story, great pics ..
I love the view from the back garden. :o)

What a view! Its totally beautiful but as for that 'red beetle' aaaaarrrrrgggghhh. Sorry but I squash mine :~(

i like this blog, i usually collect snails and take them to a farmers field over the road from me. I let the lily beetles eat my flowers last year, because they looked so cute! but i had no lillies left, ive just caught 2 of them this year already and im afraid i fed them to the chickens:-( but i think you are lovely for not killing them, they all belong on earth, pests as well!

That´s nice Justdawn. It just come into my mind, such strange idea: that you have no lillies left this year because of beetles. But I think that is warning for you - you must plant much much more lilies :)

good thought katarina but they destroyed all mine last year, i wondered if it was because i had got more that they had arrived!!

this year the crown imperials [where i first spotted the beetles] have come up but no flowers.

It a good Blog dont think i would have thought to take pictures of that outing.well done

Ah Kasy....sweet! I'm ashamed to say I sprayed my little red Lily Beetles last year. Now I will feel ashamed and feel compelled to go find a box, with a lid, get into my car!!!

I've never seen a lily beetle either. Fantastic blog though. You have a great imagination Kasy.Could have been the start of a childrens book. Something to think about.

G s is right :) Pictures and story is like fairy tale, Kasia.

Have you two shown where you are on the global map blog?!

@Katarina, I am from Scotland. Have not worked in Slovenia though I have been to Bratislava for training if that counts?

Hi, Kildermorie, nice to meet you. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia, not Slovenia, Slovenia is more to the South. Do not worrry, this is common misunderstanding. Even George Bush permanently located us to former Yugoslavia :)))) I like Scottish people. I knew several fine guys, from Greenpeace, medicine and one was pilot.

I was trying to remember the flag and country and type as my kids ran around! I remember the new old castle (not as new as Warsaw's medieval castle from 1980!) in Bratislava. People were friendly!

Now that had me going at first, then I had to start again after having a good laugh.
Sorry I do not have anything against immigrants as long as they are prepared to live fairly in my world BUT if they eat their way through my domain, then that is unacceptable, I do not believe its fair to inflict them on someone else either, so by Royal Command they get rewarded with The Order Of The Boot...Aplogies if that seems a bit harsh but I am a law abiding citizen, lol....

now i know what im looking for as ive never seen one before(im a squisher sorry)i wonder if thats why My lilys have never grown

@Kildermorie, Warsaw was almost completely leveled to the ground by Germans in the World War II, especially due to Warsaw uprising, that is why they do not have so many old buildings. However, Warsaw is not traditional capital of Poland. For centuries it was Cracow. And its castle - Wawel - is older then Buckingham Palace and even Windsdor Castle.
The new old castle in Bratislava, which you mentioned looks new, but its oldest parts are from the 9th century. It was several times destroyed by wars and fires and rebuilt.

Thank you guys for all your comments.
We could say all bad and things about immigration - but I don't want to go deeper into it. The only thing I want to say - most of us would be more than happy to stay in our countries if only live was acceptable there. So many of us are struggling simply having to choose between buying food or paying for a bills. This is my second imigration and I have to admit - I love it here. People in UK are so nice, so friendly and for me being a gardener it's like Heaven on Earth, really. Lol. In my country growing season is basicly from end of April and ends at the end of October. Can you imagine frost (very often -25 C degrees, snow up to your knees for weeks... Brrrrr. (memories of my last winter back in Poland - the petrol frozen in our cars - couldn't move for few days). We have mild winters as well. When customers are asking my if a particular plant is hardy here I am always saying - it is growing in my country so it is Really hardy here, lol.
And what I personally love here as well is a similar sense of humour.
As for pests in my garden - my slugs and snails are taking free flying lessons over the fence. But you can see some blu granules among my plants as well:(
Well - as we've agreed - life is tough.
And when I've discovered that Lily Beetle came to UK in 1940's it gave me and idea of that blog. Glad you enjoyed it and it made you laugh.

i love the free flying lessons!! you are funny kasy!! thats brilliant!!!

That's and old castle, and an old, new old castle!

Kasia, if you put marble chippings or whatever chippings around the plants you want to stay untouched by slugs, you won´t need chemicals. I have several years of experience. Marble chippings are the best, but could be whatever small sharp stones. The plants and snails will stay both alive. Good luck.
Of course if you are dioxine/acid rain fan, then you will choose more drastic method.
That comment was good!

Someone told me egg shells work as well is that right?

I have no experience. But as they are of organic origin and are fragile too, they can soon turn ineffective. Marble chippings are forever ( like diamonds :)

I tried the eggshells, they did break down quick. Small sharp chippings are better!

You should see me at work Pippa - whenever I find a slug or snail I am taking it with me to the fence, it's flying and I'm saying - 'there is a better life for you on the other side. The grass is there, not here'. lol.
Thank you for your advice - my only problem is if I'd put it in my pots I won't be able if soil looks dry or not.... hmmmm... unless I put the marbles around the pots.... ;-)

Sunshine today so gardening is top priority, I`ve checked my pots and pleased to say no red tenants moved in yet so didn`t need my boots, lol, last year I only found them on one pot and that was a lot further into the summer, fingers xx they stay away...

I found some in the GC!

you mean more beetles Sticki?

yes!!!

ouch..... did you tell them? lol

no!!! i might have done if the GC were smaller ~ these were actually on a 'show garden' outside the main shopping area.

:)

very clever kasy, at first look anyone would think this is about a lily beetle but when you look closer its about flaunting the fact that you still have the lunchbox someone gave you and haven't given it back!!

lily beetle chutney anyone??

Stevie - help me improve my memory - what was in the lunchbox?
Sticki - in todays market every trick counts.
Next time I'll collect them (beetles) and send them over to you, ok?

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO i dont want any more.

But you need to come with a new recipe for a chutney, right?