I have to say, summer is not my favourite time of year. Yes, there’s colour and sunshine and spectacular thunderstorms, but somehow it’s all a bit green and mad. I think, what it comes down to, is that in summer, I feel grumpy that I can’t be outside when I want to (for now, work, [...]
I had visions of having a wall (or bank) of different types of sunflowers to disguise one of the less than attractive fences.
Hmmmm. Well, after all that wind and rain last week, my sunflowers got a bit of a battering. Most of the tall ones THAT I’D EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO STAKE got blown [...]
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The sun’s had his hat on this weekend. And my flowers, veggies and weeds are growing at a rate of knots. So I’m glad to see after the past week or so of cool, wet weather, that the bees are back in town.
Among the plants that are starting to resemble towering spires amongst the borders [...]
Tip: If you want a bee and butterfly magnet in your garden, plant a buddleia. One of ours had 10+ bees today. It’s a wildlife hot spot - Great stuff!
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