Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Total Allotment Time: 2hrs.
Principle Tasks: Planting out violas. Planting out a meadow cranesbill. Lifting a third of the remaining plastic sheeting to allow the air to dry it out a bit before forking over.

1 comment:

Tim Hopper said...

Hi Jimmy. Looking him up, I think now that he might be a froghopper (of the 'cuckoo spit' fame). I'm not sure though. He was similar, but not quite.. One thing I did learn was that there are more leafhopper species worldwide than all species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians combined - amazing! :o)

Here's a good website I found on them:

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~dietrich/Leafhome.html

> I think I will have to move south

Not south of the border though, eh? :o)

I was exaggerating a bit when I said 'cloudy with ants', but one year in particular I do remember them being almost of plague proportions - it must of been an ideal one for them.

> Argyllshire, which I believe is still a hotbed for insects

Due to the gulf-stream and mild winters?

Best Regards,
Tim :o)x