Another busy work day followed by a sit in the garden with the cat! The birds quietly ignored us and got on with that important business of attacking the bird feeders. There were a fair number of midges about and a mix of bees, hover flies and flies. My robin was introducing his family to me.

I had a brief spell removing snails and slugs from their more obvious positions - pointless really given their large numbers. I’m not sure how much good nematode treatment is for snails but I’m planning another treatment for the Magic Garden together with a nematode treatment for ants. The latter worked well with the ant hill under the olive tree and I’m optimistic that I can get on top of the ants in the hotbin and in amongst the patio slab stones. I inspected the gooseberry again and I am happy that there does not seem to be any more rot occurring. The currants are looking as if I should get a good crop and my wee blueberries are also looking as if I should have several meals from them.