August: ready or not here we come! Soon there will talk of cool nights and shortening days, but let us not wish our lives away. There is plenty of time left to fret about watering and dead heading and whether we have fed our tomatoes enough or are the slugs and snails attacking whilst IContinue reading “Six on Saturday – The Moment”
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Web
Dodging the showers today I found respite in L&L’s greenhouse. On the bench top these delicate succulents languished, also sheltering from the weather. The diaphanous cowls made me question; what, why and how? What is the name of these curious plants, why do these fine webs tether each corner and how do they produce this silk-like substance? Answers wouldContinue reading “Web”