The Gardening Bed
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Hundreds of flowers in my garden at the mo, and not a single bee in sight.
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As I said elsewhere, any Laurel?
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I have no laurel. I shall have to find what you said elsewhere.Lord Kangana wrote:As I said elsewhere, any Laurel?
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I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
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Shirley it defies the laws of physics that a bumble bee can even get off of the deckbobo the clown wrote:I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
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Very often, when laden with pollen, they can't...Bruce Rioja wrote:Shirley it defies the laws of physics that a bumble bee can even get off of the deckbobo the clown wrote:I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
and when that happens they waddle over to a flower to sup some energising nectar and meanwhile manage to loosen a considerable amount of pollen into the flower they're supping on, and hey presto everyone's a winner!
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You know, it like having David Bellamy's number to hand. Cheers, Spotto.Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Very often, when laden with pollen, they can't...Bruce Rioja wrote:Shirley it defies the laws of physics that a bumble bee can even get off of the deckbobo the clown wrote:I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
and when that happens they waddle over to a flower to sup some energising nectar and meanwhile manage to loosen a considerable amount of pollen into the flower they're supping on, and hey presto everyone's a winner!
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and hornets are double-bastards with bastarding knobs on...bobo the clown wrote:I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
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Aye. I have a resident hornet in my garden. It's about the size of a small bat and fecking dive bombs me continuallythebish wrote:and hornets are double-bastards with bastarding knobs on...bobo the clown wrote:I had no idea laurel was a bee magnet. It explains a lot about my garden.
The thing with bees is that if you treat them with respect they generally leave you alone (I was going to say "leave you be" but decided against it).
Wasps, on the other hand, are bastards.
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Next year's nasturtiums have already sprouted, the little buggers! They can't possibly survive over winter, can they?
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Up by mi ma's the croci are out in full splendour.Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Next year's nasturtiums have already sprouted, the little buggers! They can't possibly survive over winter, can they?
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It's a portent. Of what I don't know, but it's a portent.Bruce Rioja wrote:Up by mi ma's the croci are out in full splendour.Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Next year's nasturtiums have already sprouted, the little buggers! They can't possibly survive over winter, can they?
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A portent of bloom?Lost Leopard Spot wrote:It's a portent. Of what I don't know, but it's a portent.Bruce Rioja wrote:Up by mi ma's the croci are out in full splendour.Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Next year's nasturtiums have already sprouted, the little buggers! They can't possibly survive over winter, can they?
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planted 250 or so bulbs today - in the newly cleared rockery - miniature narcissus/tulips/grape hyacinths/iris of varying breed
then loaded up trailer and estate car with MOUNTAINS of rotting grass/leaves/weeds/hedge clippings/dead stuff and several more mountains of stuff that has needed to be taken to the tip for ages - massive old heavy CRT telly, old computer, dead rusted BBQ, old manky carpet, knackered dog bed... and got rid of the lot!!
cleared the side passageway of loads of accumulated cak, dead leaves, moss, broken pots, stack of huge flagstones i got off freecycle and will use one day...
sorted all the windfall apples off the lawn...
now I have a very virtuous feeling! Will only see the real benefit in spring, though...
then loaded up trailer and estate car with MOUNTAINS of rotting grass/leaves/weeds/hedge clippings/dead stuff and several more mountains of stuff that has needed to be taken to the tip for ages - massive old heavy CRT telly, old computer, dead rusted BBQ, old manky carpet, knackered dog bed... and got rid of the lot!!
cleared the side passageway of loads of accumulated cak, dead leaves, moss, broken pots, stack of huge flagstones i got off freecycle and will use one day...
sorted all the windfall apples off the lawn...
now I have a very virtuous feeling! Will only see the real benefit in spring, though...
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So ... you'll be moving again soon I guess.thebish wrote:planted 250 or so bulbs today - in the newly cleared rockery - miniature narcissus/tulips/grape hyacinths/iris of varying breed
then loaded up trailer and estate car with MOUNTAINS of rotting grass/leaves/weeds/hedge clippings/dead stuff and several more mountains of stuff that has needed to be taken to the tip for ages - massive old heavy CRT telly, old computer, dead rusted BBQ, old manky carpet, knackered dog bed... and got rid of the lot!!
cleared the side passageway of loads of accumulated cak, dead leaves, moss, broken pots, stack of huge flagstones i got off freecycle and will use one day...
sorted all the windfall apples off the lawn...
now I have a very virtuous feeling! Will only see the real benefit in spring, though...
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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bloody bastarding hope not now I've planted all the bastarding bulbs!bobo the clown wrote:So ... you'll be moving again soon I guess.thebish wrote:planted 250 or so bulbs today - in the newly cleared rockery - miniature narcissus/tulips/grape hyacinths/iris of varying breed
then loaded up trailer and estate car with MOUNTAINS of rotting grass/leaves/weeds/hedge clippings/dead stuff and several more mountains of stuff that has needed to be taken to the tip for ages - massive old heavy CRT telly, old computer, dead rusted BBQ, old manky carpet, knackered dog bed... and got rid of the lot!!
cleared the side passageway of loads of accumulated cak, dead leaves, moss, broken pots, stack of huge flagstones i got off freecycle and will use one day...
sorted all the windfall apples off the lawn...
now I have a very virtuous feeling! Will only see the real benefit in spring, though...
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So, that time of year is almost upon us again. Last year I had to have my drive relaid and now I have a a strip between the drive and the lawn that has nowt in it. This strip is about 60cm wide by about 15 metres long. What I'd like to put in it is stuff that comes into bloom, not all at once, but at different times throughout the Summer. Then I'd like it to do the same next year and so on. Any suggestions?
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did my first mow of the year yesterday! very early for me (it's usually in about June...)
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Yes - so did our gardener.thebish wrote:did my first mow of the year yesterday! very early for me (it's usually in about June...)
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