It's always springtime in BBC murders mysteries, unless they are city murders, all grime and dustbins and not a marigold or wisteria in sight. Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading $ 0 / $ NaN /year All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue This might be a deeply thought-out juxtaposition between the fragile transient beauty of spring and the permanent inevitability of death.
It's more likely to be because if you film outside in Britain's winters you have perhaps four hours of usable daylight, most of which is drizzle. But the movie makers have accidentally hit on one of the rules of good horticulture: spring is an excellent time for murder in the garden, as well as executions of other kinds - just limit your murderous impulses to pests and pruning. I'm spending the next few days putting out poisonous lures for European wasps.
We had a bee population crash about three years ago, and a corresponding number of sightings of European wasps. Even though our fruit trees bloomed wonderfully, we had very little fruit set. Lack of bees had meant poor pollination.
European wasps are invading our gardens and parkland. Picture Getty Images Thankfully, that's changed since I did my wasp baiting accreditation course and began putting out baits. The only European wasps we see .