Having Vision.....

Simply speechless... 

top photo taken 8 June 2013
middle photo taken 16 June 2013
bottom photo taken 28 August 2013

bee paradise

Through the allotment.

On the plant front the buckwheat is flowering exceptionally well sweeping high over most of the other plants, of course it’s the sunflowers, the sentinels waiting each dawn for the sun to rise so they can follow its movement day after day noticing how the days length is shortening turning the august sunlight into spirals of seeds so once again it can awaken to follow the sun for another year. The phacelia with her sea of blue flowers is most popular at the moment enticing in more bumble bees in a day than most people see in a lifetime The bumble bees don’t come alone hoverflies manoeuvre for air space and when you put your head deep into the jungle of storks below you enter into another world.  In this warm moist air the hoverflies dart in and out with effortless precision, by observing them time comes to a standstill. With all the wind we have been having of late this underworld must provide a welcome place of shelter for all the insect life.

In the area that was planted with a few vegetables whilst we planned the main part of the garden we have now also sown alfalfa and clover, we will be moving the soil around once the vegetables have been harvested so this new crop will be dug in to enhance the soils nitrogen levels.

 All in all the allotment garden is full of so much wonder we stand in amazement at what you can help create by listening to nature.          

sown

alfalfa (organic)

clover (organic)