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Solitary Bees

I empathise with solitary bees. When we think bee I guess we tend to think of honey bees - the one species of truly social bee we have. They chat...

Pond Plants for a Pond with a Liner

We used a butyl liner for our new pond, partly to see the difficulties it might cause. In the past we've used a really good product called Bentomat or just...

Breakfast!

As you'd expect, we have lots of goodies around the garden for bees at this time of year. I'd already seen my honeybees on the crocuses and today - great...

The Value of Nature

I'm always depressed listening to conservationists standing up for the species they're working for on an economic basis. Apparently people respond better to the threat to "pollination services" that would...

Elder, Sambucus nigra

Our native Elder, Sambucus nigra, is a mysterious and fascinating plant. Is it a tree or a shrub? In the Middle Ages it was said to be the tree that...

A Christmas Tale

I went Christmas tree shopping this afternoon and, as you can see, bought a beautiful tree. I'm always a bit nervous about buying the family Christmas tree as I usually...