My compost heap is absolutely heaving with life. First I almost cut 2 frogs or toads in half with my spade, then I disturbed a mouse that our big ginger tomcat wolfed down, and then this beautiful slow worm stuck his head out of where I was digging.

Wriggly, wriggly slow worm!

So we put her back into the heap, but in the ‘new’ end, that is being added to now – nice and safe. Hopefully sheand those frogs will eat lots of slugs for us.

