Goldfinches
Nice to see that my lack of work on the garden lately has it’s benefits. Goldfinches feasting on leftover seed heads.
Category: Gardening
Homemade Chilli Jam
Mmmm, Home made chilli jam from homegrown chillies! I think Anna wants to make some green chilli jam next. I think we should do red, orange and green and make traffic light chilli jam. That would make nice Christmas presents. So those of you who get Christmas presents from us, you have been warned! Don’t...
More Garden Flowers
Just some nice bright flowers from the garden. Enjoy!
Honey Bee Photo
For some reason, depsite the flowers on offer, our honey bees are rarley seen foraging in our garden. It’s nice when we do see them though and a good opportunity to snap them in action. I quite like this shot of one of them feeding on some Verbena.
Summer Garden
Shame a few more flowers weren’t out for our garden party last weekend, but now that the sun is out and summer is here, the garden seems to have entered a pink and purple mode along with LOADS of Marguerites along the fence. It’s looking nice out there today.
Chilli Crop
Looks as though we should be in for a good chilli crop this year. Expect some spicy food coming from the kitchen!
More Bees Please
The Bee Hotel was a live with activity today – who’d have thought it could be so successful. I’m still working on my bee ID though. The larger bamboo canes seem to be filling up nicely with Red Mason Bees (Osmia bicornis), at least that’s what I thought they were, but I’m beginning to have...
Red Mason Bees
I’m pleased to announce that our bee hotel has some new residents. Since installing it earlier in the year a few spiders have taken up residence in and around it, it’s roof has been used for sunbathing by fledgling sparrows, and the magpies stole a load of the bamboo canes and smaller sticks to add...
Father’s Day – Up a Pole and Down a Hole
Well, I’ve spent most of Father’s Day either up a pole or down a hole. I did go for a lovely open water swim in the sea first, but then it was all work in the garden. Up a Pole I was up the pole in order to replace the anemometer on the Borth and...
Phormium Flower Spike
I know I’m always saying it’s really difficult to grow anything to any height in our garden thanks to the challenges of extreme coastal gardening, but check out this flower spike on our Phormium as it reaches for the sky!
