First off I am taking you back not too far...just to Friday 22 May in fact when with a little help from the Boy and Trojan we again found a pond on the bee plot!!
As you can see the pond area had got a little out of hand. I like to leave long grass round the edges when I cut it bit it had gone a bit too wild so measures had to be taken!! |
Here you can see the bee hives...well just! These have been left with the long grass to offer some protection from the elements and a sense of privacy for the bees. |
I think the bird bath could do with a bit of a clean up!! I rather like this photo though! |
Here is the boy hard at work, he was unaware that I took the photo from inside the shed!! |
So here is the pond area all tidied up. I didn't make it too tidy though but you can now see what is around. A little more tidying may be done but not too much. |
Of course Trojan loved his time with us. Dogs have to be kept 'under control' at the allotments so he was tethered but had plenty of length although he did tie himself up a couple of times! |
Seens as we were at the bee plot I thought I should get at least a couple of bee photos. These two are just about to go foraging. |
Of course I wasn't kitted up so didn't go deep into the hive but here is a pic of the bees I split last week. |
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I love that photo of Trojan. We have bees that look like honey bees nesting under our shed.
ReplyDeleteLots of people think they have honey bees Sue if you go here;
Deletehttp://www.bbka.org.uk/help/do_you_have_a_swarm.php you may have some look identifying it. Your other option is get your camera out and take a bunch of photos and I will have a good look for you!! I love that pic of Tro too!!
Good post. It was a good look around. That first picture looks like my yard, except mine has junk all around it. My dad liked junk.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so keen on junk Ratty although some would say I have junk around my pond...I don't though...I have 'features'!!
Deletesounds like a busy day. Obviously Trojan was simply wore out by the end of it....lol
ReplyDeleteIt was quite a busy day, I could quite happily have joined Tro for a snooze on the lawn!!
DeleteHow lovely to get some help on the plot, long gone are the days when my two would give me a hand. Love the photo of Trojan, all that fresh air must have knocked him out.
ReplyDeleteMy help is usually quite reluctant Jo but anything is better than nothing. Tro does love to lounge on the grass in the sunshine!!
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