Well I caught one slug motoring towards the plants and then diverted by the worryingly blue pellets (I bought them from HDRA - they must be OK!). Here's a theory then - slug/snail climbs leaf to nibble it, leaf can't take weight especially in recent heavy rain and snaps off at weakest point. Works for me. Just going back out to check the slug isn't having a final meal of meconopsis before he crawls away to die...
On cushions, caterpillars, cats and fidgeting....
On the joy of not cutting back in autumn.
Several years ago I hosted a propagation workshop and we explored the topic of growing plants from seed. I talked about seeds waiting for the right moment to germinate, knowing that winter had passed, measuring the temperature or daylength, and sensing when they were at the right depth to break
Years ago at a National Garden Scheme event I got chatting to another garden owner about re-vamping tired borders. I explained that I was trying to carve out some pockets of space in an overcrowded bed, to add in some earlier colour. She shook her head slowly. ‘You won’t