Aphids have been in the news these last few weeks or so. A swarm of aphids at Wimbledon? Clouds of them at Hampton Court and OK there have been a few in my greenhouse too. But get a grip everyone! Read more…
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It’s not just the garden and greenhouse that is blossoming in the warm weather; my beehive is extremely busy too. I’ve opened it twice in the last few weeks to check on their progress and I have to say it is simply amazing to see inside. Read more…
The latest showstopper in my garden is the greenhouse peach. Well it’s a garden and greenhouse peach really as it spends it’s life at the moment moving between the greenhouse and the garden depending on the weather. Read more…
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My bees are really active this week and you can hear them all around the garden gathering pollen, nectar and water for the hive. I was amazed to watch one little worker bee drinking from an alchemilla leaf that had droplets of water glistening on its surface. Read more…
