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, not much helped by examination of dictionaries or spell-checkers. Originally there were hover-flies, snipe-flies, house-flies and blow-flies, which were all flies, and dragonflies and butterflies which were not. Now the hoverfly people use one word along

. Sometimes I make my way carefully through my land. Dragonflies and moths fly up in a flurry. Honeybees buzz from blossom to blossom. Part the leaves and I see insects, spiders, frogs, lizards, and many other small animals bustling about in the cool shade

involved. They've introduced us to moth traps, educated us on the pipistrelles and the different dragonflies and they bring rescued amphibians to share the ponds with our resident great crested newts. Now everything I grow I think, what will like that?

as this pond that I made a while ago. There will be dragonflies, ducks, swans (if we're lucky), voles, birds, fish and all manner of amphibians. It never ceases to amaze me that if you plant things then wildlife appears almost by magic.If you have the chance

and toads travel long distances.  Dragonflies and newts too.  Just leave the pond be and things will come. The birds will bring things in on their feet, too. But if you leave that watercress in there you'll never see them through the foliage, and one

to climb out and transform into dragonflies and so on, otherwise they're stuck for ever in the water with no escape.  Then add a decorative piece of driftwood to one side, touching the sides and extending up and out so that any critters that fall in can

I thought I would share these to let folk see how dull my evenings are with no gardening. 1 tin can, 1 blowtourch and some old wire and a pair of snips and an hour = a small family of Dragonflies. These will look great on the tops of canes

is this and should it be removed or not? Hello Dragonfly,Don't worry about cutting them back now, lots of people cut them back at harvest time so that they can pick the berries more easily. It shouldn't be a problem. The main thing is to keep them very well watered

you! You could buy an old half barrell and line it with plastic and make a pond out of it with a ramp so frogs etc can get in and out. You can put bricks in it to make shelves for water plants etc and you then may get dragonflies. In addition, hedghogs

beetles and dragonfly nymphs. Do you get these in the shallow or deep pond? Kate I get tadpoles, newt larvae, water beetles etc near the top of the deep pond around the edge which spills over into the very shallow area though rarely in the shallow area