Gardening with Nature on the Edge of the Atlantic

Tag: leaf cutting bees

  • ‘Nature Red in Tooth and Claw’’ . . . and Stingers

    5 July 2021 The first of my two wasp bykes. My pump house is effectively out of bounds to me until the end of autumn. A routine check of the filters today turned out to be more eventful than usual and I did not see the wasp byke until I had been stung. I beat…

  • As busy as a bee

      23 July 2020 One of the greatest pleasures of having both a garden and time is the opportunity to observe what is happening around me in great detail. The hill in front of the house is like an amphitheatre providing endless entertainment. The silage was cut today and two young foxes were quick to…