Bee Tree

We arrived at the plot this morning to find a swarm of bees firmly in residence in the largest cherry tree.

We first spotted them on Friday evening (after watering the entire plot, including the artichokes, which brought my head inches away from this clump of bees without me realising!) and hoped they would have moved [...]

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Mousey Visitor

While watering the fruit bushes this morning, I noticed a little brown furry creature scurrying about. He (or she) didn’t seem fazed by my presence and carried on doing what he was doing - making a nest - even as I stood three feet away noisily pouring water on to the base of a [...]

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