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Just thought i'd add the bee bole I built into the wall I built

One of these days i'll get round to building a skep to put in it

 

@Zigs Ooooo i luv it - Please can you build me some in my dry stone walls too - if not im sure i can find another place in the garden to build a new one....or two....or three from scratch

 

I've even built a drystone wall in Turkey

 

Well im not sure if you'll need your passport Zigs - but pack it just in case

 

I forgot to mention my Geraniums - how could I forget them . And the Verbena and the Eryngium. I bought some cheap pots £1.99 each or 3 for £5.00 to trial. The aforementioned 3 have all done very well. Also recently purchased two Heleniums, so hoping for joy with them next year

 

@luciusmaximus All lovely choices-definatatly happy pollinators in 2018 at yours

 

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Get ahead for 2018
Autumn sow Hardy Annuals now -the Bees will thank you for it and you're garden will be blooming beeutiful even earlier

" Sow everyone's a winner"


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Sow hardy annuals now for a colourful display next year
Video link too
Sowing Hardy Annuals in Borders | gardenersworld.com - gardenersworld.com

 

One of the Bees discovered the Asters I planted three days ago this afternoon . I have three plants, impulse buy again at £1.99 each. Too pretty to resist as I was strolling by

 

I don't know what this is called its been flowering for months now, its loved by lots of insects


Berries maturing ready to be eaten on this bush,


Gardens still full of bees coming and going all day.

 

My Virginia creeper has stated turning red, ive put about seven plants in, eventually my entire fence will be covered in it, its good for insects bees etc and looks great at this time of year.
RHS and The Wildlife Trusts - Gardening With Wildlife in Mind

 

@martin-f All looking fab- Wildlife Haven Heaven

The plant is Verbena Bonariensis and as you say the Pollinators love it as do the Flutterbys- so easy to germinate too either from stem cuttings or spent seed heads on the top just when dry crumble them on top of a seed tray filled with gritty soil and lightly press into it and bingo you'll have new seedlings for next year -Try to be mindful of its ease of reproduction and keep on top of the deadheading thou as you may find self-seedlings have already germinated even without your help BTW they look identical to the adult plant with that squarish stem and rough long leaf
Seed heads

Seedlings ​

 

Thank you BH I will germinate some, I am going to move it soon its clashing with a buddleia bush,

Not everyone's friend and probably not mine in a few years time, but the wasps love the mile a minute vine, its in flower atm picture below is old, spot the cabbage white .

 

Just overwinter them in a unheated frost-free spot once they have got a bit of growth on them - they should make quite good growth before the weather turns too cold -It's the wet that usually knocks them back so if you can keep them on the dryish side thru winter they should do well-
i have just planted some out that i germinated mid-summer and pricked out a few weeks ago there now alongside and in between my Bronze Fennel - i had quite a nice clump there but my chooks had decided it made for nice pickings and soon pruned it back ....the little divils ...so
a higher trellis in front and planted up when they were in bed ..as anyone who keeps chooky's knows they are the most nosy creatures ....and will help garden quite readily at the drop of a beak
The mile a minute is looking good as are the sweet peas- that's the great thing about gardens you can move things -remove things....or not replace things if you fancy a change ...another great way to, is I often gift to the charity shop or any fundraising event any plants surplus so everyone benefits

 

Thanks BH, I'm wanting to start propagating things and growing a few things from seed, I was waiting for the peppers finishing of in the green house whenever that will be there very small atm,

Its my first year with the greenhouse in use, my thoughts was when I empty it this autumn replace it with things for spring/summer, ive put lights in it so I can attend to plants through the winter months.