Sorry everyone, but this is my personal update of the garden and allotment. I constantly forget 
what goes where in my garden and hence this is my own personal record. Click below if you want some more information
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As my eyes start to see the daffodils starting to show their little bulbous heads and the snowdrops lighting up the area underneath the willow tree and hope that it will not be too long before the crocuses start to come into flower. These after all are fabulous flowers for bees.
Apart from that it is the start of my own growing season in the garden and on the allotment. Thanks to Seedparade I have got lots of different seeds this year and have already starting sowing. This blog is my own diary for what I am planting and when so sorry to you beekeeping people. Read the rest of this entry »
I am feeling quite old today. Imagine the scene. I had to get the bus today into work as my car was getting its tyres changed. I got on the bus and immediately sat down. Upon reflection, once the bus got going I realised that I was on the side that the sun was streaming through. In the interests of a comfortable journey I moved sides. It was at that point I felt old this morning. I actually moved in the interests of a comfortable journey.
Matters got worse. As the journey continued the school children joined me on their way to school. With spots coming out of every inch of skin, hair down to their ankles and school ties tied in such an extreme way that they may well have been an Aberdeen knot for all I knew; the Windsor knot they most certainly not. Anyway, there I was minding my own business, dressed for work in a smart shirt with a half nelson tied tie and I had a brainwave. I must catch up on some reading….. Read the rest of this entry »
A great day today with some fantastic time spent on the allotment and in the Garden. The free shed I got from next door has finally been transported up to the allotment with the help of the neighbours. I just have to build a base for it now and then start to build the thing! Read the rest of this entry »
So, as many of you have seen, the hive has arrived. Now comes the difficult bit of building the actual thing! Now, I have to admit, opening the package was quite exciting and something that I could not describe to anyone was the smell of the wood. It was lovely and as if it has just been cut. A really delightful smell. Anyhow, the 26 separate segments of wood and the very evident roof have to be fitted together somehow. Bearing in mind the only bit of woodwork I have ever done in my short life was building a bench like you would see in any park around the world. You know, the ones where you either steer clear of because they are either inhabited by the local cider drinkers or slightly strange people that sit down on them, knees firmly together balancing a clear plastic lunch box while they bite down into a triangular sandwich with the crusts cut off. Moving swiftly on; my bench wasn’t exactly the the greatest success as I measured up a little bit wrong and to be honest it would only have fitted one of the cider drinkers and half of anerdy triangular sandwich eater. Add to the fact that the joints were terrible I wasn’t marked particularly well. Therefore I am not holding much hope for this beehive but…. Read the rest of this entry »
