The Circle Of Life

Is this the only way an ecosystem can work- or are there planets out there in the great laboratory of the universe where the critters thrive and evolve without eating one another?

I mean, it's a pretty disgusting carry-on isn't it?

Mulch

We didn't do anything with the kitchen garden last year or the year before but we're looking to the future now (you really shouldn't stop doing until you're well and truly dead) and have made a commitment to grow some vegetables- and to that end Matthew (who will be doing most of the work)- turned up yesterday with atruck full of mulch- mostly wood chips and grass cuttings (the by-products of his industry)- which he's going to dig into the beds.