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Saving the bees old style

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I thought I'd share the results of my low-tech save the bees project with you.

The rain stopped and the sun came out but it was a bit windy and these plants sway a lot.

{gallery}Bees on Allium sphaerocephalon

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  • The bumblebees are still very active here but the Allium Sphaerocephalon have taken a bit of a pounding for sure.

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    They quickly start to fade to grey once the bees have done their bit (or perhaps the rainfall here just rinses the colour out !).

    Having increased to around 80 plants this year has made them last longer though. 

    The next offering on the bee-friendly buffet table was supposed to be Salvia, however it looks like I was sent frost-damaged stock earlier in the year, so I've just been removing it all and replacing with replacement plants which arrived this morning. At least these ones have all got leafy green bits where they are supposed to have leafy green bits by now. They have a bit of catching up to do but half of them should flower into October.

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  • The bumblebees are still very active here but the Allium Sphaerocephalon have taken a bit of a pounding for sure.

    image

    They quickly start to fade to grey once the bees have done their bit (or perhaps the rainfall here just rinses the colour out !).

    Having increased to around 80 plants this year has made them last longer though. 

    The next offering on the bee-friendly buffet table was supposed to be Salvia, however it looks like I was sent frost-damaged stock earlier in the year, so I've just been removing it all and replacing with replacement plants which arrived this morning. At least these ones have all got leafy green bits where they are supposed to have leafy green bits by now. They have a bit of catching up to do but half of them should flower into October.

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