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The beetles were back this morning. We put one in a jar and I took it to show our neighbour. He immediately squashed it and confirmed what Gintoino said, that they attack cabbages. So the others have now been squashed. They were pretty but they had to go.
Notre voisin a confirmé ce que gintoino a dit – les scarabées attaquent les choux. Il a écrasé le scarabée que je l’ai montré et nous avons écrasé les autres. Ils étaient beaux, mais ils devaient mourit.
I’m pleased with our garlic this year, grown from bulbs I bought in the market last autumn and much better than last year’s. It’s delicious chopped fresh on salads or the heads grilled whole on the barbecue.
L’ail est bon cette année. C’est delicieux cru est frais avec les salades ou les têtes grillées entières.
 Garlic fresh …….. |
 grilled …… |
 and eaten. |
Wildlife in the garden / Faune au jardin
 a dragonfly / une libellule |
 and a marbled white butterfly / et un papillion marbré blanc. |
But amid the sunshine and days spent enjoying meals in the garden, a reminder on the Guardian food blog today that there are ‘no gourmets in Gaza’ because the Israeli blockade is preventing basic food and fuel from getting to the population, including three quarters of a million children who are the most seriously affected. According to Alex Renton’s post the UN says that
more than 10% of children are so malnourished their growth has been stunted. This proportion is growing rapidly. Anaemia due to lack of protein is another persistent problem – affecting 65% of children and 35% of pregnant women.
An inhuman collective punishment for an entire people.
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