Yesterday was a bad day. I discovered that a mouse had ravaged my lady finger bananas, I got stung multiple times by a wasp that got stuck up my trouser leg while I was weeding. And, I burned myself on the toastie maker when I was making delicious cheese and tamarillo relish toasties for lunch.

As if this wasn’t enough there was a sudden brief downpour that interrupted every garden activity. I had more coffees than usual.

During one sunny spell I found a number of revolting large caterpillars that are responsible for chomping through my garden.

On the plus side all the plants in waiting now have homes and we have happy llamas.