Around the garden in 80 words

This afternoon wandering around the garden we saw some bees going to town on a salvia (above) and noticed this nice wild flower (below) which Plant.id said was a form of mallow.

If we have to thin plants out of the pond we sometimes put them in micro ponds we’ve dug into the ground in the wild bit at the bottom of the garden. This time here’s some water mint in an old M&S plant container. Waste not want not.

 

 

This is (not) a veg patch

We’ve a couple of raised beds that have spinach, lettuce and onions in them or they did have until the poppies took over. You just can’t pull out a poppy seedling can you? It’s the same with the veg patch at the bottom.

Best thing about this is collecting the seed and passing them on to anyone who fancies some great looking poppies!