Spiders' shining threads turn lifeless gardens silver

Blackwater, Norfolk Garden cross spiders must be among September’s most beautiful starsAt present it’s almost impossible to walk the rides around my patch and not snap spiders’ silk. It is everywhere. I notice, as I drive over, that there are even webs on both wing mirrors but, with the sun at the right angle, you can see that there is barely a twig or leaf not bound with gossamer to its neighbours. Apparently those threads are, gram for gram, five times stronger than steel. Ye