attracting pollinators
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Welcome to the weekend coffee share! Can I grab you a hot beverage? What’s your preference? I would not say that fall arrived in all its glory yet, but there are some noticeable changes, like cooler weather and darker evenings. Yesterday afternoon I decided to take a walk around one of the smaller lakes in…
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Welcome to the weekend coffee share! Can I offer you a cold cup today? The weather is a little too warm for my likings, close to 30C/86F. Earlier today when I was standing outside of our house saying goodbye to my son I noticed an elderly lady struggling with a huge grocery bag looking like…
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Most summer days I arrive to my allotment garden before 6am. It is a 7,5km/4.6mi bike ride one way for me to get there. Yesterday morning I saw a gorgeous fox cross the trail just ahead of me on my way to the garden. The fox looked so healthy in his shiny red coat. When…
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One of the most important keys to a sustainable, successful garden is companion planting. This is especially true if you have a small space to work with, like an allotment garden. My current garden is only 200 square meters/0.0494210763 acres and I try to make the most of the space. I have a mix of…
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This is my second favourite poppy. (Check out the previous post to see my favourite.) This pink variety is usually the first one to appear in my garden, often in early June, but this year we had to wait until late June to see it, due to cold weather. This poppy equals the end of…
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Every year I eagerly anticipate seeing the diverse poppy varieties in my garden. Some of them planted by me, but there’s usually surprise varieties from self-spreading seeds all around the place as well. It is hard to tell if it’s the bees, the butterflies, or perhaps me that likes them the most. This large, dark…
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