Study of French Lavender & Bees
It’s a little on the chilly side today but it’s not stopped a couple of busy bees enjoying the French lavender in Mum’s garden 🙂 Lottie Land Girl Kaz xx
Drip Drip Drop
…a little April shower! I have to say the weather has been rather lovely in the last few weeks 🙂 Not much rain at all. The allotment needs some though, the earth is so dry and cracked. Mr.B, Jassy and me went out on saturday, afternoon for a walk along the canal. It started out…
Bee Class : Flowers For Bees
I can’t actually believe it’s week eight of our bee course (Only one to go – Sad face 😦 ) It’s flown by and has been real eye opener into the world of the little buzzies 😀  Tonight’s class, we’ll be learning about what we should be planting to help all the bees.  I’ve been…
A Bee In My Bonnet
Back in September, I visited a farm on Snake Pass in the Peak District, with a group of lovely beekeepers from Cheshire Beekeepers’ Association. Some of the people from the group took their hives to the farm last August, using their strong colonies to feast on the delicious heather in the rolling purple tinged hills, surrounding the farm.Suited…
Picture Of The Week ~ Covered In Pollen
There’s nothing like a bit of bee watching when you’re supposed to be doing a million other things 😀 taking some time out 🙂
The Wonders Of The Globe Artichoke
I’m in love… with globe artichokes! 🙂 Each time I’ve been down to the plot in the last couple of weeks, I’ve been distracted by the beautiful lilac colours of a flowering artichoke, on a neighbours plot.  Standing tall, they look like giant thistles from a distance (they are from the thistle family), but up…
Wildflowers, Bees and Poppies
There’s nothing like seeing big bright red poppies 😀 I’ve mostly enjoyed the petals which have blown off on to the floor! To see them swaying in the breeze was a happy sight indeed 🙂 best of all… they were buzzing!The closer I got to the poppies, the more I could hear them humming. Alive with…
Bee Talk at Bud Garden Centre
I have to admit I’m slightly obsessed with bees.  After reading a book by James Dearsley ‘From A to Bee’, following his first year as a beginner beekeeper, I’m constantly thinking about beekeeping and all things of a buzzy nature 😀So it was perfect timing last week… me and Mr.B had a drive out to Bud Garden…
Plotting and Planning for 2014
A Happy New Year to you all.  We had a quite one, which gave me time to plot and plan what’s going to be happening down on lottie plot 21a in 2014 🙂 I nearly passed out when I’d finished! Phew looks like we’re going to have a mightly busy year.  I had to make…
The Bugs of ‘Bug Lane’
I’m really chuffed about how well my cheap packet of wildflower seeds did this year.  I wasn’t very hopeful that they would do anything, how wrong I was! 🙂 The wild flowers have brought a big boost of life on our plot. It’s been great being on bug watch, I spy… ladybirds, bumble bees, honey…
WellBEEing Hospital
I love bees. They are magical little creatures. We literally couldn’t live with out them and all their help 😀 I’ve recently taken to rescuing any bees that are on the floor, looking rather sorry for themselves! I nearly squished one that was drunk on pollen… he was in a perfect position on the path…
Impromptu Allotment Tour
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great weekend –  We certainly did 🙂 Lots of doggie walking and playing on the allotment 🙂 On Saturday evening, I decided to pop out for some fresh air… Wellybobs at the ready and Jassy with her waggy tail – we set off out for a little…
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