Saturday, September 09, 2006

4 comments:

Tim Hopper said...

Great comment, Jimmy! - thankyou. I'm too tired right now to do it justice, but tomorrow I will for sure.

Best!
Tim :o)x

Tim Hopper said...

Hi Jimmy. Apologies that this has taken longer than promised - all this construction work is proving to be very tiring :o(

> I also watched all the 'All Muck & Magic' TV Garden programmes way back

I remember seeing the 'All Muck & Magic' garden there. Inspiring..

> Number 1 is probably a syrphus sp.

Yes, I think you're right. S. ribesii most like (being the commonest).

> Number 2 lookes like a possible Magasyrphus annulipe

I've a feeling it was the same fly as the first from a slightly different angle after it had moved up the same flower (see curled petal).

Eristalis pertinax looks good for number 3(4). Thanks.

Cheers for the butterfly reminders. Of course, it's a Comma! (and not the Fritillary I first thought of) :o)

> I had always thought there was no such thing

Truly inspiring plants these. I think there are around half a dozen native species, all told.

> I cannot wait to see what exotic species you get from the seed bank.

Tim Hopper said...

The two that came with my starter kit are:

Tomato: Darby Striped Pink/Yellow

Carrot: Giant Improved Flack

They should prove interesting :o)

Golden Wonder are new to me. Yellow inside, maybe?

Cheers again for the brill comment!

Regards,
Tim :o)

Anonymous said...

Those are verry nice pictures Tim off all those beautifuls in Ryton Gardens - I take a look on there webside to .
Great .

Regards
Rita