Thankyou kate its a small garden i could easy put a pond in the corner, if the water still will it go stagnent,.or maybe i could move the water myself manually will a water pump be safe for the frogs
Were,s the best place to grow tomotoes can i grow in hanging basket how deep as the soil got to be in container{sun or shade} Im gonna put some stawberry,s in pots do they like sun or shade or both,ive got tomoto liquid feed is it ok for strawberry,s too
So THAT'S why frogs (actually I think they're toads) have always leapt out at me when I'm innocently trying to move growbags. Now I not only have to cope with the trauma but the realisation that I've inadvertently been wrecking a home. Sheesh.
green thumb - that's great news about the bees. Make sure you keep me updated if you do get them nesting in your garden - I'll be extremely jealous. Your pond water won't become stagnant if you add oxygenating plants to it. You can buy these from some garden centres. They also provide great gover for tadpoles and young frogs, and keep the water clean in winter, preventing frogs from dying under the ice.
hi kate,i know this is the wrong blog,but could you tell me if i have to clean out some bee logs that i have...i had last year some kind of bees nesting in logs with holes in,the bee covered the hole with a leaf,the eggs all hatched out ,so do i now clean out the dead bits of leaf thats left behind?? ready for this year---also unsure of the birdbox that bees were nesting in do i now clean that out?
Hi Sarah - I wouldn't bother cleaning out the solitary bee logs, and they almost certainly will have been leafcutter bees - you lucky thing!
Re your bird box... did you say once that the bees were parasitised by wax moth? In which case I would definitely clean it out. There may be wax moth cocoons still there, which will hatch into moths ready to infect a new bumblebee nest.
hi kate,yes your right [you have a good memory] i did have wax moths in there,im gonna do that today,as regards to the logs,,,there are still bits of leafs in the hole around edge of hole [if you understand this] where the baby [i think] chewed its way out,di i remove that?? or just leave alone, my sister has the same logs as i but she was wondering how come she didnt get any bees in her log? any ideas,plus do they come back to the same place each year[nest]....
Sarah - I wouldn't bother removing the bits of leaf, the bees will do that. But you can if you'd like to, there's no harm done (as long as you remove last year's and not this year's!). The babies that chewed their way out last year will return to lay new eggs this year.
Re your sister's log: the logs need to be sited in full sun, as, unlike bumblebees, solitary bees don't have hair so they need the warmth of the sun to heat up. So I would guess your sister's is in the shade. If not, perhaps the holes are too big? They need to be between 2mm and 10mm wide, to attract the widest range of bees. They also need to be off the ground, in a sheltered, dry spot. So if your sister's log is not in these conditions I would advise her to move it, and hope the bees find it. The type of plants she grows in her garden could also make a difference. Do you know which plants the bees cut their leaves from in your garden? Does your sister have the same plants? Leafcutters tend to favour rose and wisteria leaves.. so if you have them growing in your garden and your sister doesn't, that could also be a reason.
oh hi kate,i have both climbing rose & wisteria which the bees cut from thoses leafs,my sister does have the same the only differance is my house backs onto woods which has loads and loads of wildlife also my logs are slightly differant from my sister,maybe its in the wrong place, at the mo its hanging on a apple tree.or just down to luck... but thanks for your info its very kind of you to reply to me.
it was great reading all the posts i am a first time gardener just got an allotment that hasn't been touched for about 6 years while we are doing all the clearing up ( as you can guess there's loads to do )we keep coming across frogs about 20 so far i would love to leave them in peace but then i would have no plot to grow in what would you recommend we do to give them somewhere to hide there all very small and am not sure if there is a pond near by
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its a small garden i could easy put a pond in the corner, if the water still will it go stagnent,.or maybe i could move the water myself manually will a water pump be safe for the frogs
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ready for this year---also unsure of the birdbox that bees were nesting in do i now clean that out?
Re your bird box... did you say once that the bees were parasitised by wax moth? In which case I would definitely clean it out. There may be wax moth cocoons still there, which will hatch into moths ready to infect a new bumblebee nest.
Kate
my sister has the same logs as i but she was wondering how come she didnt get any bees in her log? any ideas,plus do they come back to the same place each year[nest]....
thank you kate for your knowledge.x
Re your sister's log: the logs need to be sited in full sun, as, unlike bumblebees, solitary bees don't have hair so they need the warmth of the sun to heat up. So I would guess your sister's is in the shade. If not, perhaps the holes are too big? They need to be between 2mm and 10mm wide, to attract the widest range of bees. They also need to be off the ground, in a sheltered, dry spot. So if your sister's log is not in these conditions I would advise her to move it, and hope the bees find it. The type of plants she grows in her garden could also make a difference. Do you know which plants the bees cut their leaves from in your garden? Does your sister have the same plants? Leafcutters tend to favour rose and wisteria leaves.. so if you have them growing in your garden and your sister doesn't, that could also be a reason.
Kate
but thanks for your info its very kind of you to reply to me.