Whilst planting out yesterday I felt the trowel hit something and then suddenly there was egg yolk and white. Fresh, very fresh and about ½" below the surface. It was a brown hens egg. We have no hens.
Then about a foot further over I came across a small lizard. This is England, we don't have lizards. We do have newts (sort of water lizards) so I took him (it) over to the pond but it wasn't interested.... On the other hand it didn't run very fast so perhaps it was just an odd water phobic newt?
I found more into here on the spec for the new Bernina.
There is a lizard that inhabits the south of England - mainly on heathland. they like dry sunny positions so if that corner of your garden is like that - then he/she liked it there. They are a protected species so take care of it. You can Google English Lizard to find out about them.
ReplyDeleteA chicken hen egg in your garden? The shells are good for tomato plants, prevents blossom-end rot. I've crushed a handful into the hole when I put my plants out, seems to work.
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