Lovely pictures Marion, is your neighbour going to paint them pipes?, I noticed each section is different from the other, did you manage to get the bee out side Marion?
No the copper pipe is going to be allowed to turn green naturally, flumpy - verdigris. It will look lovely and I shall take my verdigris bistro set up there. That part of my garden will look as though it came straight from Chelsea! The copper is all offcuts so my neighbour is recycling too. The bumble bee was very sleepy so i had no trouble getting him out and on to my lemon balm which is covered with flowers so lots of nectar for it to drink.
We have had a shower of rain but bright and sunny now and no rain forecast for the next 5 days so no xcuse for not catching up with the weeds - brambles, bindweed, nettles, dandelions and docks galore, in the butterfly garden and spinney. I have thousands of bulbs to plant up there starting in September so the heat is on.
Good luck with the weeding they should be easier to pull after the rain. That's my hope as I'm going to the allotment today to tidy up. The bug-bear there is MaresTail, sneaks up on one after the rain! Going to be a long day, but the company of others is encouraging not least with cups of tea!
Oh we have mare's tail planted deliberately in the Botanic Garden in Evolutionary Dell! It has spread rapidly. That will be a dreadful job for volunteers in the future. It is not endemic to Bristol as far as i know. My worst weed is Allium vineale which spread from topsoil brought in from Birmingham to level Filton Airfield which is just a mile away from me. It seeds and makes dozens of baby bulbs and can come up through tarmac, plastic weed covering,anywhere.
I have come in for a cup of coffee and to get my breath back from heavy digging at bramble roots. The ripe blackberries are being scoffed as I go and Worcester pearmain apples being eaten straight off the tree. The garden is a picture with lots of all the native kinds of brown butterflies and tortoiseshell ones too. I have not seen any commas yet but do have them. Brimstone yellows and red admirals and peacocks are about too.
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No the copper pipe is going to be allowed to turn green naturally, flumpy - verdigris. It will look lovely and I shall take my verdigris bistro set up there. That part of my garden will look as though it came straight from Chelsea! The copper is all offcuts so my neighbour is recycling too. The bumble bee was very sleepy so i had no trouble getting him out and on to my lemon balm which is covered with flowers so lots of nectar for it to drink.
We have had a shower of rain but bright and sunny now and no rain forecast for the next 5 days so no xcuse for not catching up with the weeds - brambles, bindweed, nettles, dandelions and docks galore, in the butterfly garden and spinney. I have thousands of bulbs to plant up there starting in September so the heat is on.
Good luck with the weeding they should be easier to pull after the rain. That's my hope as I'm going to the allotment today to tidy up. The bug-bear there is MaresTail, sneaks up on one after the rain! Going to be a long day, but the company of others is encouraging not least with cups of tea!
Oh we have mare's tail planted deliberately in the Botanic Garden in Evolutionary Dell! It has spread rapidly. That will be a dreadful job for volunteers in the future. It is not endemic to Bristol as far as i know. My worst weed is Allium vineale which spread from topsoil brought in from Birmingham to level Filton Airfield which is just a mile away from me. It seeds and makes dozens of baby bulbs and can come up through tarmac, plastic weed covering,anywhere.
I have come in for a cup of coffee and to get my breath back from heavy digging at bramble roots. The ripe blackberries are being scoffed as I go and Worcester pearmain apples being eaten straight off the tree. The garden is a picture with lots of all the native kinds of brown butterflies and tortoiseshell ones too. I have not seen any commas yet but do have them. Brimstone yellows and red admirals and peacocks are about too.
Yes the sun is shining in Lincoln , going to allottment this afternoon
lots of tidying up to do in Garden
nice to see the butterfly's , except the cabbage whites
Yes it's stopped raining and the sun is out
I can get in the garden 