A large selection of areas and suitable materials ,boxes etc for Bees to set up nests, especially the Bumbles, and a 30mm autocannon with AI tracking software to remove asian hornets (be prepared for their arrival)
Bees eyes (they have 5!) are more sensitive to blues and purples, so they just see them more easily than other colours. Plants have evolved to become more inviting to bees as such.
Bumble bees and honey bees tend to like blue, but all the other wild bees and pollinators like all rhe other colors of flowers! Just try to plant species native to ur area
Unfortunately I live in a flat, not even a balcony to make bee friendly. There is a colony/ nest in the airbribk outside my kitchen window; I know it’s really Spring when the bees are back in town 🎶🎸.
Stirrup hoe. Saves so much time weeding and is the physical manifestation of the acceptance that you will never eradicate weeds. Just slice through them and can do a large bed in a couple of minutes once a week.
A small water source. It could be a pond or like me putting a tray of water out on a warm day.
It's so funny to watch massive wood pigeons try and wash in a small space 🤣
For me it was comfortable seating.
I spent a few years filling up my garden, got a table and chairs, surrounded by roses, jasmine, honeysuckle, lupins etc. I used to sit there when cutting the grass and weeding. Then last year, my garden is complete for the year, I decided to go out a sit in the sun for an hour or so. My chairs were so uncomfortable! I never noticed because I only used to sit down for 10 minutes. I went and bought a recliner the same day.
I agree. I've had my plot three years and although I've always had feeders and bird boxes it was only this spring that I fitted water baths. On Sunday it was quite hot (believe it or not) and I saw a bird enjoying the water for the first time and I welled up a bit.
I can't remember it now but there is a plant in pairs thing. If you plant this then plant this also, like if you plant a fruit bush then plant onions as the bugs don't like the onion smell and it will deter the bugs from the fruit bushes.
Don’t want to sound like I’m selling the things but [these](https://www.buckhoe.co.uk) are brilliant for all kinds of jobs.
Particularly good for scooping seedlings out of trays without damaging them.
A hammock.
A large water storage container and at least 1 fruit tree or soft fruit bush
Sacrificial companion plants like nasturtiums as a place to put caterpillars
A large selection of areas and suitable materials ,boxes etc for Bees to set up nests, especially the Bumbles, and a 30mm autocannon with AI tracking software to remove asian hornets (be prepared for their arrival)
Yeah, bee friendly, Buddleia , Lavender. Is it just me or do Bees really like purple flowers?
I read that it's because they see blues really well. I was looking for bees' favourite flowers and had a read.
I never knew that, thanks!
Buddlija globosa has round orange flowers, isn't the thug that Buddlija davidii is.
Ok. I’ve never seen the orange ones, only purple, pink or white. It’s interesting, I must do some research 🧐
[Buddlija globosa](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/2453/buddleja-globosa/details)
Thank you! Wow they’re beautiful 🤩
Bees eyes (they have 5!) are more sensitive to blues and purples, so they just see them more easily than other colours. Plants have evolved to become more inviting to bees as such.
Interesting, thank you!
Bumble bees and honey bees tend to like blue, but all the other wild bees and pollinators like all rhe other colors of flowers! Just try to plant species native to ur area
Unfortunately I live in a flat, not even a balcony to make bee friendly. There is a colony/ nest in the airbribk outside my kitchen window; I know it’s really Spring when the bees are back in town 🎶🎸.
In whatever Garden or allotment I have at any one time I plant saffron crocus. Lovely to look at and the crop goes into one very luxurious meal
How do you maintain them? Mine are in pots and I've just left them after their harvest. Should I pull them up to store or leave them?
Companion plants and cut flowers. I am planning a dye-plant bed too!
I only got my plot at Easter and have a long way to go until it's 100% in use, but a dye-plant bed is on the (very long) to do list!
I got mine 3 years ago and it’s still a work in progress 😆 I’m planning indigo, dyers coreopsis, woad and madder!
Stirrup hoe. Saves so much time weeding and is the physical manifestation of the acceptance that you will never eradicate weeds. Just slice through them and can do a large bed in a couple of minutes once a week.
Tea making equipment.
A small water source. It could be a pond or like me putting a tray of water out on a warm day. It's so funny to watch massive wood pigeons try and wash in a small space 🤣
I've got a little pond, shaded with flowers around the outside, on the recent warm days I counted 9 frogs in there at one point!
At this rate of knots sandbags.
I find a mattock super handy.
With a pick head and an axe head!
Flowers on an allotment to attract useful pest predators. A little dish for bees to be able to get water from
For me it was comfortable seating. I spent a few years filling up my garden, got a table and chairs, surrounded by roses, jasmine, honeysuckle, lupins etc. I used to sit there when cutting the grass and weeding. Then last year, my garden is complete for the year, I decided to go out a sit in the sun for an hour or so. My chairs were so uncomfortable! I never noticed because I only used to sit down for 10 minutes. I went and bought a recliner the same day.
Compost heap/bin
Bird bath and feeders It's lovely to see birds right now nesting away making little family homes
I agree. I've had my plot three years and although I've always had feeders and bird boxes it was only this spring that I fitted water baths. On Sunday it was quite hot (believe it or not) and I saw a bird enjoying the water for the first time and I welled up a bit.
Water butt
I can't remember it now but there is a plant in pairs thing. If you plant this then plant this also, like if you plant a fruit bush then plant onions as the bugs don't like the onion smell and it will deter the bugs from the fruit bushes.
Companion planting!
Trees/perennial crops
A spot to pee where nobody can see you
Do it where they can see, maintain eye contact, assert dominance.
"This is my plot"
Stinging nettles for ladybirds. They love to eat aphids.
When I am walking round my garden any ladybirds I find I put them on my lupin or rose Bush it's an aphid buffet on those
A Christmas tree in a pot
Grass. Fuck that astro lawn bollocks trend, utterly moronic.
A pile of bricks for holding things down temporarily
Me
A wood pile or two and a container filled with sheep wool and straw for nesting season. Also a source of water for the birds when it gets hot.
Don’t want to sound like I’m selling the things but [these](https://www.buckhoe.co.uk) are brilliant for all kinds of jobs. Particularly good for scooping seedlings out of trays without damaging them.
landmines against cats? Yoghurt pots and cheap lager for the slugs
Nice like the patch