One of our 150 year old tortoises was devouring my pigs ears. As I looked around, I saw the beetles in my roses and urgently needed to spray them!
I decided to take a look around in the garden and found the following creepy crawlies! The poor damselfly had drowned in the pool and this hairy rainbow coloured critter was on the way to feast on a plant.
I needed to replace a potted plant, and found this slug eater hiding underneath. Needless to say, there are plenty of slugs around.
Ooh I love your story and collage of all the beautiful creatures you found albeit not so good in your garden!! You have two 150 yr old tortoises- amazing , I love tortoises, I had a tortoise when a child and I loved this little creature - he even had a headstone in the garden after he died! Fav
How exciting to see so many different things on your very short walk. No mention of the snake? Each photo is perfect by itself and they combine in this wonderful collage to tell a fabulous story
@beryl Cape Nature brought us over 100 tortoises Beryl. 5 of them are the big 150 year old guys. They have all been confiscated or orphaned. We have 70 hectares where they can roam freely. The big ones love out gardens ;-) @onewing This is Africa Babs ;-) @cutekitty It is a snake Kitty, not a welcome guest at all :-(
You have a most interesting garden. We don’t get too many slugs/snail here. In a previous home we got them. This will sound very gross, but we accidentally discovered they are canibals. If you crush a couple, they will come from all over to eat them. Then you can crush them or dump them in salt water. It was the only way to protect our vegetable garden organically.
November 23rd, 2022
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@onewing This is Africa Babs ;-)
@cutekitty It is a snake Kitty, not a welcome guest at all :-(