Tag Archives: insects
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth (III)
4Thursday 12 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My third Weekly Photo Challenge for ‘Earth’ is just that, a pile of earth…. or home as Mr & Mrs …
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Macro Monday: Mr McFly
2Monday 10 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Like most fruit and veg, tomatoes require a fair degree of maintenance, and picking off damaged or diseased fruit is …
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Macro Monday: Aubergine flower
2Monday 27 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This young bee seems to have taken a liking to this rather pretty aubergine or eggplant flower! This is my entry …
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Macro Monday: Aphids
11Monday 01 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This weeks entry for Macro Monday is all about those little things in life, namely aphids… Much of inner garden …
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Friends of the Cacti
9Wednesday 13 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s that time of year when our various cacti have their babies. We have three species, but these large cacti, which grow …
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Bee photography
22Thursday 16 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Like most farms and gardens, the annual chores are pretty much same old, year in year out, so trying to …
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Furry visitors up to no good
14Tuesday 31 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
On the whole, veggies love the rain. It certainly helps most things grow, sometimes even too much, with overgrowth spurts that …
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Mister Poo, the African version
15Tuesday 17 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Last springtime, here on our farm here in southwestern Türkiye, I was shovelling recycled fodder, courtesy of a gang of local goats, …
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Macro Monday: “Can I come in please?”
8Monday 15 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Having nets on every single door and windows does have a purpose and an obvious advantage …
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Macro Monday: “BIG BUG”
4Monday 22 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 . . . .
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Macro Monday: “Another Buglet”
Leave a commentMonday 08 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 .
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Macro Monday: “Evening Visitor”
4Monday 25 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 .
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Macro Monday: “Balcony Bug”
6Monday 04 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 . Hard to get focus in that light… . …
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Macro Monday: “Pollen Lovers”
12Monday 07 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it ! .
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Tuxedo Bug
27Tuesday 22 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Found a new friend in the workshop yesterday. Can you see him? He’s half way down the handle of that …
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Macro Monday: “Cabbage Critters”
7Monday 14 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. These little critters were chomping my cabbages! . . . Hope you all like it …
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Red Spider Decimates Peas
28Tuesday 08 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I once heard or read somewhere how many hundreds of different types of Red Spider there are our there. I …
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Macro Monday: “Gotcha”
6Monday 07 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. This lil’ monster was found in a woodpile on our farm. Having rested there over …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Minty Monster
6Wednesday 20 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I wandered out into the garden just the other day to pick some fresh mint, stuck my paw into the …
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Macro Monday: Teamwork
6Monday 16 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
And here’s my third go at Macro Monday – Hope you all like it 🙂 These tiny little ants made short …
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