garden – Page 17 – Jill Orme Photography

15 Mar 2025

Hairy

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

This morning I cut back some more shrubs – increasingly grateful for the powered secateurs that make the job so easy – and then did some general garden tidying, and planted up the new heucheras on the patio. By the … Continued

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

10 Mar 2025

Thorny

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

Seriously – what is going on with the weather? After the unseasonably warm weekend, I went to bed last night thinking that I’d need to water my new front garden plantings this morning, to make sure they didn’t dry out. … 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

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