Woops….
If you want to attract wool carder bees to your garden, I said, plant stachys. So I took my own advice and planted some stachys, and tended it lovingly, and watched it thrive. And knowing that their flight time is … Continued
The distaff side
This morning I went back to the far end of the garden, to look for yesterday’s new friend. He wasn’t there, but almost at once I spotted a female demoiselle. She was quite high up in a willow tree, and … Continued
Flowery Friday
I post a photo of this rose at least once a year. It’s one of my favourites in the garden, and remains a mystery: I didn’t plant it, and none of my researches over the years has come up with … Continued
Embracing the grey
Bee of the day: Andrena cineraria, the ashy mining bee. I heard someone asking an “expert” on a television programme yesterday if it was time for women whose hairdressers have closed for the duration of the CV crisis to stop … Continued
