It’s Wildlife Wednesday!
My daughter found a bee on the kitchen floor looking bedraggled and weak.
Feeding A Bee
Autumn Colour… Blue
Y
ay! It’s officially Autumn.
I stepped outside in the early morning sunshine to take a close look at the tall grasses in the Gravel Garden. They are truly beautiful. I was also delighted to see that a small shrub that I planted a couple of years ago has at last produced a good show of flowers.
It’s taken a while… but it was definitely one of my star plants today.
Where have all our Wild Flowers gone?
Butterflies have been on my mind recently. This week I’ve been investigating the food and habitat they need. It seems that butterflies aren’t the only insects needing our help.
Brilliant News for Bees
This week we have heard the brilliant news that pesticides which harm bees and other beneficial insects have been banned.
Bees are essential for the pollination of:
1) Food crops in our fields and
2) Ornamental plants in our private gardens.
As they move from plant to plant they distribute pollen which fertilises the flowers.