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IN OUR GARDENS 2025

Morturn said:
I’ve had plenty of bumblebees. I grow lots of lavender and a few other bee friendly plants, that keeps them happy
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We lost the lavender maybe that's why. The little bees goes for the spiked speedwell and cotoneaster, that was poor this year but we had some renovations done and the workers damaged a lot. They had no regard for the garden at all. They like the golden rod though. The hollyhocks were poor this year they were squabbling over the pollen I have never seen that before. Had to buy new nasturtiums seeds too our crop was poor last year.
 
Morturn said:
I’ve had plenty of bumblebees. I grow lots of lavender and a few other bee friendly plants, that keeps them happy
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Even getting quite a few bees now, mid September, flowers on ivy proving particularly attractive. Mahonia will usually keep them interested later in the year.
 
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devonjim said:
Even getting quite a few bees now, mid September, flowers on ivy proving particularly attractive. Mahonia will usually keeps them interested later in the year.
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Morturn said:
I’ve had plenty of bumblebees. I grow lots of lavender and a few other bee friendly plants, that keeps them happy
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Sat on doorstep after breakfast iin Madams front garden with the hounds sunny day garden was alive with bees and odd butterfly s
Lovely
 
I have several New Zealand Flax plants which throw up spikes of flowers. I'd never have believed it, but the bees absolutely love the flower heads. Ceanthus is also always popular with the bees each year.
 
Vivienne14 said:
I have several New Zealand Flax plants which throw up spikes of flowers. I'd never have believed it, but the bees absolutely love the flower heads. Ceanthus is also always popular with the bees each year.
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Morturn said:
Verbina is another one I grow for the bees, it just seesmt o go on floowering the whole summer
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Yes I bought a pot of Verbena and Yarrow. It spreads fast. The butterflies head for the laurel flowers but they don't last long. Getting a lot of vines there are 3 now, one is a Virginia Creeper two wild and next door has a grape vine, queue the music, and it has escaped.
 
I always wanted a big irregular garden wall with things climbing on, Some areas here in Coventry have your coping stones. I have some but they are blue. (Black) they came from an old house. We also have sandstone stones used as edging stones we were told they came from Stoneleigh Abbey? We used to be part of the estate donkeys years ago. Very old donkeys.. They make good rockery stones.
 
FOX NEWS.

Had the trail camera out at night for about 140ish days now. There seems to be a fox visit every 3 days, and I see the one with the limp now and again. He can put a bat on when he wants to, so he does not seem disadvantaged.

Old Bill the Badger seemed to come once a week, but has not been seen for 3 weeks.
 
Pedrocut said:
FOX NEWS.

Had the trail camera out at night for about 140ish days now. There seems to be a fox visit every 3 days, and I see the one with the limp now and again. He can put a bat on when he wants to, so he does not seem disadvantaged.

Old Bill the Badger seemed to come once a week, but has not been seen for 3 weeks.
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We've had a pair of foxes visiting our communal lawns after midnight before the hedgehogs get here for some time now. I put out tit-bits when I can. Last night they copped for half a roast chicken, which must have put a smile on their furry faces.
 
Has anyone grown tomatoes this year? I’ve never known this before, but for the first time we’ve had plants growing that must have seeded themselves. The most successful has grown in a small area where a clematis had been cut down. It’s a beefsteak variety and we’re still having fruit from it now. The strange thing is I didn’t think I grew that type last year…..very odd…
 
lmr3103 said:
Has anyone grown tomatoes this year? I’ve never known this before, but for the first time we’ve had plants growing that must have seeded themselves. The most successful has grown in a small area where a clematis had been cut down. It’s a beefsteak variety and we’re still having fruit from it now. The strange thing is I didn’t think I grew that type last year…..very odd…
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Beefsteak is great, our favorite is heirloom!
 
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