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This excludes \u003ca href\u003d\"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/09/make-your-own-compost.html\"\u003ecompostable materials\u003c/a\u003e that I recycle myself.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEnjoy the photos :D\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvgI7f-qI/AAAAAAAAkhI/xwTuVib2CnM/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvgI7f-qI/AAAAAAAAkhI/xwTuVib2CnM/s200/2009.09.13+garden.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831307998821026\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvtSY9MgI/AAAAAAAAkiI/GPFnHF4yFGo/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%2857%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvtSY9MgI/AAAAAAAAkiI/GPFnHF4yFGo/s200/2009.09.13+garden+%2857%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831533876589058\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvtSY9MgI/AAAAAAAAkiI/GPFnHF4yFGo/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%2857%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvgYkMg4I/AAAAAAAAkhQ/hf0cL-1pV-k/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%281%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvgYkMg4I/AAAAAAAAkhQ/hf0cL-1pV-k/s200/2009.09.13+garden+%281%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831312196043650\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvhT5LImI/AAAAAAAAkhg/0DBlBhS0xbQ/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%2817%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvswAq7pI/AAAAAAAAkiA/Hv5jNKsXwng/s200/2009.09.13+garden+%2844%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831524647923346\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvhhaZdpI/AAAAAAAAkho/gQ4Qhw1ooPY/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%2825%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvhhaZdpI/AAAAAAAAkho/gQ4Qhw1ooPY/s200/2009.09.13+garden+%2825%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831331750737554\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stcvg2X_2CI/AAAAAAAAkhY/1Xb-OgUW-_U/s1600-h/2009.09.13+garden+%2810%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" title\u003d\"© 2009 The Irish Oriental Garden\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stcvg2X_2CI/AAAAAAAAkhY/1Xb-OgUW-_U/s200/2009.09.13+garden+%2810%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392831320197945378\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-2067916918177719672?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/2067916918177719672/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/11/recycling-bins.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/2067916918177719672"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/2067916918177719672"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/11/recycling-bins.html","title":"Recycling Bins"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcvsWKhzyI/AAAAAAAAkh4/H_VmSIP2ACA/s72-c/2009.09.13+garden+%2839%29.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224929718519594019.post-3199598251477518937"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-20T10:00:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-20T10:11:56.959+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fruit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"citrus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"herbs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"climber"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"august"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tree"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flowers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Eating my Oranges"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7bablXI/AAAAAAAAkew/iOpjrNdQQjY/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2820%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7bablXI/AAAAAAAAkew/iOpjrNdQQjY/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2820%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829577793607026\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eHaving planted the Lemon and Orange Trees in the south garden, I had noticed some bits of the leaves disappearing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt was totally amazing to find out that the culprit was the common Wasps that inhabit every location of the country and annoy us so much.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt's more natural to see the Wasps on dead wood, chewing the lose material to gather material for nest building.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7l8grcI/AAAAAAAAke4/nxDg2UoYDEA/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2830%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7l8grcI/AAAAAAAAke4/nxDg2UoYDEA/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2830%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829580620901826\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eNot far from the Orange Tree, the Clematis and Passion Fruit climbers have started to bloom in the higher branches of the Willow Tree.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese would continue to bloom until October when everything begins to die back for the Winter months.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOther Pictures today; the Common Orchids have finished flowering and the seed pods are forming; the Blueberries are starting to ripen, the Peaches too; and the herbs on the back step are growing great.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e.\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct8P2CnAI/AAAAAAAAkfA/xv1RBiQChpc/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2843%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct8P2CnAI/AAAAAAAAkfA/xv1RBiQChpc/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2843%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829591868054530\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct6m4jGFI/AAAAAAAAkeg/Q3_bh6kVxNw/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2811%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct6m4jGFI/AAAAAAAAkeg/Q3_bh6kVxNw/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2811%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829563692849234\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7BYQp_I/AAAAAAAAkeo/FmwRGwpWowE/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2814%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7BYQp_I/AAAAAAAAkeo/FmwRGwpWowE/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2814%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829570805180402\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcuBPNqpKI/AAAAAAAAkfI/yymBGBRLT6A/s1600-h/2009.08.05+garden+%2845%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StcuBPNqpKI/AAAAAAAAkfI/yymBGBRLT6A/s200/2009.08.05+garden+%2845%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392829677598057634\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-3199598251477518937?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/3199598251477518937/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/eating-my-oranges.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/3199598251477518937"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/3199598251477518937"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/eating-my-oranges.html","title":"Eating my Oranges"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stct7bablXI/AAAAAAAAkew/iOpjrNdQQjY/s72-c/2009.08.05+garden+%2820%29.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224929718519594019.post-5634447965170861816"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-15T14:31:00.006+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-15T14:57:18.771+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rose"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shrub"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wildflowers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flowers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"july"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Growing Lavender"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stckd3H8sSI/AAAAAAAAkdA/a6TIZxMhyKs/s1600-h/Picture+045.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stckd3H8sSI/AAAAAAAAkdA/a6TIZxMhyKs/s200/Picture+045.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392819174231552290\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWhen clearing out around the garden I made a discover hidden below the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/09/wild-roses.html\"\u003ewild roses\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA few year earlier I had moved an old and badly infected Lavender shrub to this location think it was on it's way to the next life.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLittle did I know that this shelter with time and plenty of rainwater had not only restored the plant to it former glory, but more so.  It had got huge and was working it's way through into so many other pots.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StckdPPvc3I/AAAAAAAAkcw/b8SsN3oxfgo/s1600-h/Picture+258.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StckdPPvc3I/AAAAAAAAkcw/b8SsN3oxfgo/s200/Picture+258.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392819163526820722\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRemoving it from the roses it required only a little maintenance to remove some old dry lower heads from previous years and below you can see the shrub in it's full glory, in it's new position at the front of the house.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePerhaps the best way to grow Lavender is time and patience.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StckdVik78I/AAAAAAAAkc4/UBn1GlcZO5g/s1600-h/Picture+257.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StckdVik78I/AAAAAAAAkc4/UBn1GlcZO5g/s200/Picture+257.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392819165216436162\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-5634447965170861816?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/5634447965170861816/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/growing-lavender.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/5634447965170861816"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/5634447965170861816"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/growing-lavender.html","title":"Growing Lavender"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Stckd3H8sSI/AAAAAAAAkdA/a6TIZxMhyKs/s72-c/Picture+045.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224929718519594019.post-3696236696791246616"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-14T12:00:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-14T13:51:53.277+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shrub"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wildlife"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flowers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"july"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Red Lily Beetle"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw5WzXKaI/AAAAAAAAkcU/4YydtlLtr5c/s1600-h/Picture+261.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw5WzXKaI/AAAAAAAAkcU/4YydtlLtr5c/s200/Picture+261.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392199522033543586\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eThis July saw a new creature in the gardens, the Red Lily Beetle \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Lilioceris lilii)\u003c/span\u003e, this is the first time I have seen these in my life.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMany UK bodies have been tracking the spread of this beetle from the South East/London area and slowly spreading north and westward.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNow crossing the Irish Sea, they have established themselves all along the east coast of Ireland and are munching away at our Lily's.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw44ANeFI/AAAAAAAAkcM/Ez-OkCWcKFU/s1600-h/Picture+260.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw44ANeFI/AAAAAAAAkcM/Ez-OkCWcKFU/s200/Picture+260.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392199513765935186\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWithin a few days of these pictures, many areas of the lily's leaves and flower heads were missing as the bug moved around and chewed on this feast of vegetation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMany gardeners consider them a pest and spend a lot of money trying to get rid of them, but I'm a bit of a realist and had I removed it, another would arrive to claim the territory.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn an unused and forgotten part of the garden between the north garden and the north front \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw6EDDnfI/AAAAAAAAkck/TffkwaX-NfA/s1600-h/Picture+256.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw6EDDnfI/AAAAAAAAkck/TffkwaX-NfA/s200/Picture+256.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392199534178967026\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003egarden, lies a Hydrangea \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Hydrangea macrophylla)\u003c/span\u003e that was saved from the clear out of the north front garden some years before and has now become the dominant plant in this area.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe flowers are a mixture of lilacs through to pinks and the plant now produces around twenty good sized flower clumps; I suspect with the current rate of growth, his could increase by around 20% each year.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt really grows well in this mostly dark part of the garden, however with the reduction in the \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw59FiS9I/AAAAAAAAkcc/FMPhn0Pjgz8/s1600-h/Picture+255.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw59FiS9I/AAAAAAAAkcc/FMPhn0Pjgz8/s200/Picture+255.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392199532310318034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eheight of the boundary hedge, more sunlight can reach this part of the garden in the morning, hence these bright photos.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe plant requires a bit of maintenance in the Autumn when the flowers die but do not drop off.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Hydrangea originates from East Asia, from Korea to Indonesia.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-3696236696791246616?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/3696236696791246616/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/red-lily-beetle.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/3696236696791246616"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/3696236696791246616"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/red-lily-beetle.html","title":"Red Lily Beetle"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/StTw5WzXKaI/AAAAAAAAkcU/4YydtlLtr5c/s72-c/Picture+261.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224929718519594019.post-8094439979573345135"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-09T14:28:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-09T14:45:39.266+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"climate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cactus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"travel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"september"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shrub"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"october"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rock and gravel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weeds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wildlife"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wildflowers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tree"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flowers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nevada and Arizona"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86p5JgBgI/AAAAAAAAkU0/EaDQgU_tc5Q/s1600-h/2009.10.02+Red+Rock+Canyon+National+Conservation+Area,+NV,+USA+%28101%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86p5JgBgI/AAAAAAAAkU0/EaDQgU_tc5Q/s200/2009.10.02+Red+Rock+Canyon+National+Conservation+Area,+NV,+USA+%28101%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390591770375489026\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eI'm just back from holidaying in Nevada and Arizona and took many photos, too many to post but I selected a few for blogging.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost people visit the Grand Canyon by various methods and I was no different, however I also visited a lesser known \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.redrockcanyonlv.org/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eRed Rock Canyon National Conservation Area\u003c/a\u003e to explore the scenery, wildlife and wild plants at my own pace.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Canyon has many colours but i thought the Salmon Pink sand was amazing and contrasted well against the red and yellow rocks.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86psQWunI/AAAAAAAAkUs/bM6eM2WTej0/s1600-h/2009.10.02+Red+Rock+Canyon+National+Conservation+Area,+NV,+USA+%2852%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86psQWunI/AAAAAAAAkUs/bM6eM2WTej0/s200/2009.10.02+Red+Rock+Canyon+National+Conservation+Area,+NV,+USA+%2852%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390591766914579058\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDeep in the cracks of the Canyon walls, very few plants grew but in some of the larger cracks, many shrubs and small trees managed to get established.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe second picture is a wider view across the Canyon and the majority of plants here are Brittle Bushes, Joshua Trees, Globe Mallow, Penstemon, Banana Yucca and many cacti.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86pLBNi5I/AAAAAAAAkUk/A1sWbc_pxqY/s1600-h/2009.10.03+Las+Vegas,+NV,+USA.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86pLBNi5I/AAAAAAAAkUk/A1sWbc_pxqY/s200/2009.10.03+Las+Vegas,+NV,+USA.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390591757992692626\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eI also mentioned I would try to get a picture of some nice gardens and I managed to get this picture.  It's a pretty typical dwelling of the area.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost of the properties in Las Vegas seem to plant one or two trees and many cacti and shrubs making it an unusually green city although very hot and dry.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTo be honest, I love the heat, but I'm glad to be back in the humidity of Ireland.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eToday's humidity is 98% hmmmmm, perfect.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-8094439979573345135?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/8094439979573345135/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/nevada-and-arizona.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/8094439979573345135"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/8094439979573345135"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/nevada-and-arizona.html","title":"Nevada and Arizona"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/Ss86p5JgBgI/AAAAAAAAkU0/EaDQgU_tc5Q/s72-c/2009.10.02+Red+Rock+Canyon+National+Conservation+Area,+NV,+USA+%28101%29.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224929718519594019.post-8125181997054917205"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-06T12:00:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-06T12:00:01.890+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"climate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"august"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flowers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"july"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Rain Returns"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIX8L7x4I/AAAAAAAAj0c/HCU9SujoPDc/s1600-h/Picture+177.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIX8L7x4I/AAAAAAAAj0c/HCU9SujoPDc/s200/Picture+177.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382795924512425858\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eI thought this was an appropriate article for today.  You probably noticed I haven't been responding to any comments.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe reason for this is I have been enjoying the sun in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f\u003dq\u0026amp;source\u003ds_q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;geocode\u003d\u0026amp;q\u003dlas+vegas\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eLas Vegas, Nevada\u003c/a\u003e for the past week and a bit, and scheduled the articles :D\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf there are any readers in Las Vegas, I'm taking a look at the local gardens and hope to see some nice desertscapes.  If I see any good ones, I'll photo and post them here in the near future.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIXpFz3xI/AAAAAAAAj0U/zfCMaqqjaeQ/s1600-h/Picture+166.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIXpFz3xI/AAAAAAAAj0U/zfCMaqqjaeQ/s200/Picture+166.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382795919386468114\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003eAs you can see in this post, the sun had gone away in July and it rained for almost 30 days non-stop right into August.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese photos were taken in one of the breaks in the clouds.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe first picture is an unknown shrub/tree., I think it may be a Mock Orange and I'm hoping you may be able to identify it :D\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIXSl7CxI/AAAAAAAAj0M/bEPZS1GAcvY/s1600-h/Picture+159.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIXSl7CxI/AAAAAAAAj0M/bEPZS1GAcvY/s200/Picture+159.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382795913347140370\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003eActually I have no idea what the other two pictures are either.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003eAnyhow, I'll be back tomorrow and I'm sure I will have plenty to catch up on.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4224929718519594019-8125181997054917205?l\u003dirish-oriental.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/feeds/8125181997054917205/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/rain-returns.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/8125181997054917205"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4224929718519594019/posts/default/8125181997054917205"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://irish-oriental.blogspot.com/2009/10/rain-returns.html","title":"The Rain Returns"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Barry"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07817770441153163569"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_51NtCh3aHMA/SrOIX8L7x4I/AAAAAAAAj0c/HCU9SujoPDc/s72-c/Picture+177.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"5"}}]}});