Garden update

 

The garden is growing well, but you can see from the arid surroundings that all this green represents a lot of watering:

 

Bridget's water melon and cabbage

Amos's tomatoes

Amos's beans

Bridget's pumpkin, onions, carrots, beans and cabbage

Some interesting bugs

 

A big praying (and dancing) mantis:

 

 

 

And a stick insect:

 

SPIDERS!

 



First there was this one by the tap when we went to water the garden:

 

watch added for scale

Then there was this one trying to get under the door one evening:

We thought that the shiny black on its back was eggs, but if you look very closely you can see that they are tiny tiny spiders.  When we flicked it with a stick to discourage it from coming into the house it was like a cluster bomb going off!  -Tiny tiny spiders all over the place.

Bridget does not like spiders, which has been news to Amos.  Whenever  a big spider turns up, he has been saying "well, I never knew this about you" as Bridget shudders in a corner!