tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post3127717389777308821..comments2023-07-26T09:47:35.792+01:00Comments on .: this is my patchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567572989902864noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-37072353807923507862008-06-30T21:09:00.000+01:002008-06-30T21:09:00.000+01:00What a cute little butt :).What a cute little butt :).Iowa Gardening Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457574109288160557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-11147749425596641382008-06-29T15:25:00.000+01:002008-06-29T15:25:00.000+01:00The bee decline is so serious, I've posted about i...The bee decline is so serious, I've posted about it on Crafty Green Poet and included a poem about it on Bolts of Silk too. I know that a lot of city farms and community gardens are doing what they can to encourage bees, but even so... 10 years is a shocking timescale...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-65379909302011860292008-06-29T03:23:00.000+01:002008-06-29T03:23:00.000+01:00Bees re wonderful work role models. Anytime I have...Bees re wonderful work role models. Anytime I have planted chineese forget-me-nots I have had bees thick as molasses all arounf them!<BR/>smiles<BR/>DarLy*~Little Blue Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250105810852507195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-61237749047676202372008-06-29T03:11:00.000+01:002008-06-29T03:11:00.000+01:00Hello Louise, I am so pleased that you are still h...Hello Louise, I am so pleased that you are still here!<BR/><BR/>Please let me know, why is my foxglove which I just planted last week, not doing so well? Does it need to be in full sun? Right now there is no sun on it till the afternoon.<BR/><BR/>I have heard about the honeybees and it is very troubling. Mankind will be humbled if it doesn't take steps n*o*w*....Laviniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810442216887536113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-63991467464107754902008-06-28T12:28:00.000+01:002008-06-28T12:28:00.000+01:00I love the bee and flower pic! Worryingly I have ...I love the bee and flower pic! Worryingly I have seen loads of dead or dying bees this year. They seem to be little baby bees. I love bees but I detest wasps! Now why can't wasps be on the decline instead?!!Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-9295712400534229572008-06-28T09:13:00.000+01:002008-06-28T09:13:00.000+01:00Love the photos of your garden. I love iris too an...Love the photos of your garden. I love iris too and I think I have self seeded stinking iris in my garden. The garden is wild, but has some beautiful things in it despite being almost untouched for 16 years. I am disappearing behind a hedge of bramble and roses which is very fitting I think. My neighbour however have just gravelled most of theirs to beyond ugliness. Sometimes I wonder why people buy places in the country if they just want to tame them to look like suburbia.<BR/>But your flowers and frogs and birds speak of paradise indeed.The Ginger Darlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-2263389683901063192008-06-28T04:30:00.000+01:002008-06-28T04:30:00.000+01:00Yes, we're losing ours, too, on this side of the p...Yes, we're losing ours, too, on this side of the pond. <BR/><BR/>Funny, I clicked on your bee before I read the post and admired its impressive pollen bags. Happy bee.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-22212867910655883732008-06-27T19:46:00.000+01:002008-06-27T19:46:00.000+01:00I get lots of honey bees on the plot from hives ke...I get lots of honey bees on the plot from hives keep by a neighbour.<BR/>Thanks for a good, informative entry. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-66264801459509973402008-06-27T02:59:00.000+01:002008-06-27T02:59:00.000+01:00Dear Louise, I'm glad that you like my TEA towel. ...Dear Louise, I'm glad that you like my TEA towel. I would be happy to send you one! I usually find them around Valentines Day, but I might run into them sooner! <BR/><BR/> Happy Gardening, Bridgettelife in red shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062702155081478369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-91973355114952164642008-06-26T17:22:00.000+01:002008-06-26T17:22:00.000+01:00The answer to the disappearing bees will be given ...The answer to the disappearing bees will be given in the last 2 episodes of Dr Who - allegedly ;)<BR/><BR/>Seriously though - a great post Louise and well done on capturing the photo of the bee in your foxglove. Like Suburbia I've been trolling around the garden for ages trying to get a similar shot and failing miserably.<BR/>xxVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-20551489766034405392008-06-26T16:49:00.000+01:002008-06-26T16:49:00.000+01:00Ahhh, you're back! I have these lovely flowers blo...Ahhh, you're back! I have these lovely flowers blooming in my front garden at this very moment! I love all the old, cottage varieties. We also have bee problems here, but my garden is a safe haven! Happy Bee Week, may they thrive.life in red shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062702155081478369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-4289988384848087882008-06-26T15:16:00.000+01:002008-06-26T15:16:00.000+01:00Lovely photos.So sad about the honey bees.I just l...Lovely photos.<BR/>So sad about the honey bees.<BR/>I just looked around my mum's garden and have returned home with a very tall foxglove which had finished flowering and will be great for seeds...plus one or two other 'cottagey cuttings'.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991496263250729580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-80113032674613709882008-06-26T14:58:00.000+01:002008-06-26T14:58:00.000+01:00That is a great photo. I can see the bee, you hav...That is a great photo. I can see the bee, you have done a good job to capture it and what a lovely flower. Unfortunately we cant grow them too well here.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293673734510771686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288445507197749783.post-59550046292906108462008-06-26T14:19:00.000+01:002008-06-26T14:19:00.000+01:00I do love bees! I've been trying to get a photo li...I do love bees! I've been trying to get a photo like this recently in our garden but have failed so far. <BR/><BR/>It is so worrying that no one seems to be taking the bee decline seriously.Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.com