tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8587761918240038471..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Scarlet Emperor, bully magpies and butternut squashAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-36278825254069463032013-08-18T17:29:39.130+01:002013-08-18T17:29:39.130+01:00Tom We once saw a magpie sitting on a tree outside...Tom We once saw a magpie sitting on a tree outside the window eating a baby blackbird. Thugs they are. But they are not alone. Much indignation over the roast quail which we ate for dinner the same evening. <br />But you can surely grow climbing French beans which in many respects are more congenial to the palate.<br /><br />Lucas I wonder how often the shape of the flower resonates with that of the fruit. Just as the shape of the leaf repicates the shape of the tree.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-33582194257215588232013-08-17T21:28:53.737+01:002013-08-17T21:28:53.737+01:00The length of the bee's translucent wing is im...The length of the bee's translucent wing is impressive. It is strange how the flowers have a kind of bean-like quality. Also if we did not now the size of bees this could be a huge landscape/Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-88366422740858422262013-08-17T18:23:00.930+01:002013-08-17T18:23:00.930+01:00Magpies are such bullying thugs. Good on the coll...Magpies are such bullying thugs. Good on the collared dove. Would love to be able to grow runner beans in France but, apparently, the climate is uncongenial.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com