The weather has been very gorgeous, a welcome boost for the garden and the many wildlife visitors and inhabitants. Fruit bushes and cane fruit are greening up, potatoes leaves are peeking through, peas scramble up chicken wire, seeds are germinating in the ground and tender crops such as beans and squash are germinating in the greenhouse. Plenty of watering had to be done in the greenhouse over the weekend as the temperature hit 100 F, it felt good to be busy gardening again.
Despite the beautiful weather I’ve held off planting out sweetcorn, even though the plants are big enough to withstand a windy day they wouldn’t appreciate a late frost. I will plant them out later in the month. Tomatoes are huge now (some with flowers) but still tucked up in our sunny conservatory for the time being, I’ll move them to the greenhouse once I have a bit more room.
May is the month when Mason bees are very active around bee boxes or cracks and crevices in walls, busy finding suitable nesting holes. I love watching them provide for the future off-spring, carrying nourishment to the nest before sealing the nest entrance with mud. They’re amazing little creatures and very important pollinators, well worth attracting to your garden or allotment.
The wildlife ponds are squirming with tadpoles, I spotted these adult frogs keeping cool in the water yesterday.
The weather is set to change and become unsettled this week with thunder storms likely. Hopefully it won’t be too long before fine and settled weather arrives again.
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