Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Jun 2023 8:04pm, 25 Jun 2023 105,336 posts	0 Hanneke We just found a dead mole Should we leave it for stuff to eat? No obvious injuries or anything. Definitely dead. Stuff it in a mole tunnel! The smell of decomposing mate puts other moles of for a couple of months!
Curly45 Jun 2023 8:18pm, 25 Jun 2023 4,468 posts	0 Curly45 I like moles. Sorry I know that's anti gardening. Anyway they were getting a lot of flies so we popped in a bag and into the outside bin. Hopefully we get a new one soon 😂 First raspberry harvest tonight. Not doing too badly. Pigeons have ravaged my red and black currants though. Not even ripe. Idiots.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jun 2023 8:38pm, 25 Jun 2023 11,268 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend A mole hill has appeared on the edge of one of my veg beds. I’m currently testing the theory that sticking a wind spinner in it will put off the mole.
Fizz :-) Jun 2023 8:43pm, 25 Jun 2023 8,044 posts	0 Fizz :-) The moles were ok in our garden until they trespassed into WW’s lawn . . . The molehill soil was excellent though
Hanneke Jun 2023 9:27pm, 25 Jun 2023 105,339 posts	0 Hanneke I love moles! As long as they stay out of my veg beds, where they cause destruction. Double bagging and in the grey bin.
jacdaw Jun 2023 11:05pm, 25 Jun 2023 3,948 posts	0 jacdaw Shallow burial; gotta feed those sexton beetles.
Columba Jun 2023 10:04pm, 27 Jun 2023 22,239 posts	0 Columba Seems to be a good year for lepidoptera.
jacdaw Jun 2023 10:11pm, 27 Jun 2023 3,951 posts	0 jacdaw Pretty poor up here.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jun 2023 7:22am, 28 Jun 2023 11,272 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I’ve barely seen any butterflies in my garden this year. My gone to seed PSB have been uncovered for about a month as I haven’t got around to pulling them up and no caterpillar damage to be seen.
ThorntonRunner Jun 2023 7:51am, 28 Jun 2023 6,842 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Also barely seen any butterflies this year (Leics)