EFB picture diary - Part II
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Read MoreThe Month of Yellow October
These flowers smell of chocolate!
They started flowering in the garden this month. So did the Jerusalem artichokes that I planted, which look and smell similar, but are very much taller, towering over the hedge and reaching for the roof of the house.
The flowers in the garden border are just the right height for watching the bees coming and going between them. Could they be dwarf Jerusalem artichokes, if there is such a thing?
Tall new Jerusalem artichokes, towering over the hedge
Reaching for the roof
Jar Geometries
New shapes and sizes
Read MoreI have a little quince tree
We’ve found lots of fruit trees in the new garden, including several apple, two pear, two cherry and a plum. I’ve been planning to plant at least one quince tree. I planted one in our last garden. I love quinces. And quince jelly with honey is a product I hope to be able to make regularly.
But then, the other day, I found this in the apiary:
Gold in the grass
Which, unless I am very much mistaken, is a quince. It was lying underneath an overlooked little tree growing by the hedge. It had no other quinces on it, but looks plausibly like a quince tree. Hooray!
Quince tree
And what a fine quince, too.
EFB picture diary - Part I
If you’re browsing for cheery content, this isn’t it.
Read MoreLiving Landing Boards
Hive with a goatee. Structural bees?
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