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Quote of the day:
“… then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
– William Wordsworth
Forage in March for:
Cleavers, Dandelion flowers and leaves, Gorse flowers, Ground Elder , Hop shoots, Alexanders, Primroses, Wild Plum blossom, Sweet Violets
Tag Archives: pollination
Silent Sunday – The Face of the Black Widow?
Posted in Bees
Tagged #SilentSunday, Black Widow, Gardening, Honey bee, Iris tuberosa, Photography, pollination, spring flowers
5 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Three’s a Crowd!
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Gardening, Passiflora caerulea, Passion flower, Photography, pollination
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Carder Bee vs. the Black Hole
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Annual climbers, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, Ipomoea 'Black Knight', Morning Glory, Photography, pollination
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Wind-crossed lovers
Posted in Flowers, Nature, The home garden, Trees, Whimsy, Winter, Wordless
Tagged catkins, Corylus avellana, Gardening, hazel, macro, Photography, pollination, Wind pollination
8 Comments
Bumbling towards summer
Yesterday I was planting out some of the flowers and vegetables bursting from their modules in the greenhouse. So I was head down in the borders and beds for much of the day. There was a lot of humming going … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, The home garden
Tagged Bees, Bumblebees, crops, Insects, nature, pollination, Wildlife
2 Comments