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14 Mar 2025

Sitting pretty

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Sitting pretty among the sweet violets in the sunshine this morning, this Hairy-footed Flower Bee stopped me heading off to Slimbridge for the second time in ten days. At breakfast time all four of my weather apps had suggested that … Continued

13 Mar 2025

Springy

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

It was a four seasons in one day kind of day. Mostly cloudy, said all four of my weather apps, with periods of sunshine, and occasional showers. Which was about right, though they might also have usefully mentioned that the … Continued

11 Mar 2025

Aromatherapy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was sleeping bumblebee day in the garden today. I followed this huge Bombus terrestris queen around the Viburnum tinus as she sipped from some of the flowers, then watched her land on a leaf, tuck in all her legs … Continued

9 Mar 2025

Primed

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After finishing my planting in the front garden yesterday, I started to mulch the long border with a commercial rotted bark mulch, but quickly ran out. So this morning R and I went back to the garden centre and bought … Continued

8 Mar 2025

Tasty

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

We seem to have moved almost seamlessly from winter into summer: last week I was wearing thermals and the Big Owling Coat, and today when I went off to the garden centre I discovered that I was too warm in … Continued

7 Mar 2025

Messy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I must be mad. I spent about five hours today completing the spring clearance of the long border in the front garden, and then edged it. If this doesn’t sound like too big a deal, I can promise you that … Continued

6 Mar 2025

Ta-da!

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I was intending to head off to Slimbridge this morning, but when I stepped out of the door it was toasty warm, so I thought I’d better quickly check the garden for bees, and within seconds I’d spotted the first … Continued

5 Mar 2025

Sallow

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

It was another sunny day, with the temperature reaching the mid-teens by the afternoon, but the garden remained virtually invertebrate-free. I even went for a walk along the lane, to see if there was an early fruit tree in flower … Continued

25 Feb 2025

It begins

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today I resisted all temptation to go out birding, and did some garden tidying instead. Eeeeurgh. I was rewarded for my selflessness by finding the first three hoverflies of the year. Two of them – a female Episyrphus balteatus and … Continued

16 Feb 2025

Hopeful

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I spent quite a bit of today making a large batch of chilli con carne in the slow cooker for freezing, and I expected to be posting a quick still life I threw together of some of the fruits and vegetables … Continued

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