Mastodawn

@Broadfork These were grown in the fruit cage of Mr Ms new plot. Not that that would keep out the fly. It's not many years we get clean allium crops. Leeks are cheap to buy but shop bought don't have the flavour intensity or that "squeaky" sensation when you pull them😄

Hesperalis 1d ago

Dug the last of the leeks yesterday. Although not the biggest, no sign of leek moth or the dreaded allium leaf mining fly, which is good news for this years onions and shallots.
#allotments
#gardening

Hesperalis 1d ago

Lauren 1d ago

Visited the plot this evening after being away for a week. I was mostly just having a nosy to see what has changed.

Spotted my first baby pear, on my 2yo Jargonelle tree (one of the oldest cultivated varieties of pear, first recorded in the 1620s).

I should knock it off so the tree can continue to mature but I was excited to see it! Means the Duchesse d'Angouleme tree next to it has successfully pollenated it so at least I know this pairing of pears works!

#allotment #pear #growyourown

Hesperalis 2d ago

kate louise powell Apr 5

went to the highlands this weekend and saw a bird I’ve wanted to see my whole life - crested tits! we got to watch a pair gathering nesting materials and chasing off other birds from near their nest hole :’)

Hesperalis 3d ago

Ticia Verveer 4d ago

A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. The colony is one of the largest ever recorded and likely one of the oldest.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-just-discovered-5-6-million-bees-under-a-new-york-cemetery/