Slim pickings on the food front at this time of year, been eating asparagus and wild rocket till it's coming out my ears, no doubt I'd pay big money for it in a fancy restaurant but to be honest I'm glad there's finally some broad beans ready.
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Busy busy
Busy busy this last few weeks with the usual sowing and planting; I'm just about on top of things and the plot is all set out now, more or less.
Slim pickings on the food front at this time of year, been eating asparagus and wild rocket till it's coming out my ears, no doubt I'd pay big money for it in a fancy restaurant but to be honest I'm glad there's finally some broad beans ready.
Slim pickings on the food front at this time of year, been eating asparagus and wild rocket till it's coming out my ears, no doubt I'd pay big money for it in a fancy restaurant but to be honest I'm glad there's finally some broad beans ready.
Early summer flowers for bees and butterflies
Sweet William...
...attracting a rather ropey peacock.
Small white on Erysium "Bowles Mauve"
Phacelia
Cirsium rivulare "Atropurpureum"
Self-seeded mustard...
...popular with tree bumblebees.
Scabious
Welsh poppy
Red mason bee on Erysium "Bowles Mauve"
Foxgloves - classic bumblebee plant
Bladder campion being forced open by white-tailed bumblebee.
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