Disappearing Muse

This time of year even a neglectful idler like me realises the garden needs attention. The final straw was taking a trip up to the far recesses of the Top Wall and realising that Melpomene was about to vanish beneath a forest of Herb Bennet and Green Alkanet.



















That was easily enough dealt with, and the grasses and weeds around the little pond have now grown in around it, making it look as though it's been there years, which was exactly the effect I was after. Less agreeable was the fact that the water had been colonised by a sort of larvae that looked and acted like vivified gobbets of snot. They made mosquito larvae look cute by comparison. Thankfully a few weeks later and they all seem to have either been eaten, died, or have been converted into whatever flies they were going to become. I'm going to keep the pond covered this winter so I don't have to clean it out!