I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer, concerned about the state of our planet. People and planet >profit.
My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.
Thankfully we had a wonderful few hours of steady rain last night into mid morning. The water butts at home are now completely topped up again. Will check on the allotment butts tomorrow.
Good job as the next ten day forecast once again has no rain in it. This has been a strangely dry spring so far for us.
There was a lovely petrichor smell in the air this morning. #Spring #Rainfall
This is great from Dave Goulson. Improving bee hotel design: the big bee hotel experiment run by Issy Sexton. https://youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?si=9PLtgLxsIiPlCUj6
Summary screen shot below. This is a citizen science project run by The Buzz Club from the UK studying UK bee hotel use from March-September 2024.
#Bees #Pollinators #BeeHotel #Gardening
Some perennials or self sown annuals that need very little work.
Also some growing beds being prepped to be planted up probably a month from now.
One bed was broadcast sown with a varied mix of a whole load of different salad and root crops. #GrowYourOwn #HomeGrown #NoDig #Allotment #Gardening
The neglected small garden pond was cleaned up and moved to a sunnier spot today. It will be much more beneficial to the wildlife now. I’ll add some pond plants to it this week.
Ernie thinks he has a new water bowl but he hates getting his feet wet so won’t go in. #Gardening #DogsOfMastodon
