Whilst on a flower related theme…
Whilst on one of our daily walks at lunchtime I came across this spectacular dog rose (Rosa canina), so here’s quick photo.
A dog rose
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Photo of a dog rose (Rosa canina)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020I love buddleia!
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020It’s out there now, my secret is out, I love the buddleia bushes, or more commonly known as the butterfly bush, even the common pink version which grows wild, maybe it’s the plant which attracts hundreds of insects and butterflies, and takes me back to my youth and “My Creature Club!” – hey if your reading Skeggy! Hello!
more recently there are some attractive colour variants, under the name of buddleia davidii, which are a dark blue or dark purple, and a deeper purple called “Dark Knight”, if you do not like the pink version, and also a white, you cannot mistake them, they are everywhere in the country, and seem to do very well, on old factory works, old building works etc
Buddleja davidii, not in flower yet!
But my favourite buddleia globosa, which is a buddleia bush, with small orange balls! It’s not until you get up close that you can see the florets are the same as a traditional buddleia bush but organised into orange balls!
Buddleja globosa
Buddleja globosa
Buddleja globosa
I have a few in my garden, a B.davidii and also I’m lucky to have two B. globosa, I’ve always planted buddleia in my gardens, but never seen the B. globosa for sale in garden centres, I took 10 cuttings from a plant when I lived in Warren Farm, which was the first time I had ever seen the plant, and it’s taken many many years for the plants to establish and now start to flower.
Bumble bee on Buddleja globosa
and the bumblebees love them as well!
If you do plant a Buddleja make sure you prune it because they can go wild!
What is growing in Andysworld! greenhouse?
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020At present there seems to be a growing frenzy across the nation – I wonder why? All my usual online seed and greenhouse suppliers are out of stock or stating 28-day delivery lead times, on items!
So a few of you readers, have been sending me photos and telling me what you’ve been growing.
So this has inspired this blog today, to show you What is growing in Andysworld! greenhouse?
I currently do not have any compost, so I’ve had to resort to “Andys Special Blend No.1” – e.g. homemade compost from compost corner!
Spring has Sprung!
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Primula auricula sp.
Mantis Tiller modification
Monday, June 16th, 2014A few years ago, based on the recommendations from my Bro’ at Groundscaper, I purchased a Mantis Tiller, it’s brilliant, but I have just one complaint which I think is a design fault, the plastic throttle body, which is built into the carburetor body, keeps snapping off, as this is a weak spot.
The petrol 4-stroke Mantis Tiller uses a Honda GX25 engine, which is common to many petrol operated garden tools. The problem is that Honda do not supply the plastic throttle body as separate part, and you need to purchase a new GX25 carburetor body, price from Mantis UK – £95!
The support man from Mantis, did state, they could be purchased on eBay for £10!
This is the replacement part I purchased from Hong Kong – here, if you look closely at eBay, there are some available with a metal frame here
Originally, I was just going to transfer the plastic frame from the new part to the old part, but it did not fit, so a complete carburetor body swap was required, but before fixing back onto the engine, I made the following mod, to strengthen the plastic throttle attachment (Thanks Mike B. for the suggestion!)
some pictures
Back to Nature
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013We visited Scampston Walled Garden, at the weekend, here are some photographs I took…
Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
White tailed bumblebee - Bombus lucorum
these were taken with a mobile phone, not a DSLR with a macro lens!
Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ in flower on the Magnolia Tree
Friday, July 12th, 2013
Too Hot for My Bee Suit!
Sunday, July 7th, 2013by joe, it’s hot today, I’m now hiding from the sun today, yesterday, I weeded the allotment for a few hours in the midday sun, and got sunburnt arms!
and today, at 1pm was in a full bee suit, inspecting the bees…must have sunstroke! I ate some honey comb straight out of the hive the other day, it was delicious!
not sure but these could be - Supersedure cells?
Supersedure cells – bees have decided to make themselves a new queen, either the queen is damaged, not laying, disappeared, or old.
Update – these could be drone cells, and not Supersedure cells because they are too small and not vertical.
Honey Bees – Day 22 – After swarm arrived in my beehive
Sunday, June 30th, 2013Honey Bees coming and going from beehive – day 22 after the swarm arrived at this hive. Weather today was warm and overcast, at least 20 degrees C, and humid.
Honey Bees - Day 22 - After swarm arrived in my beehive
Our Garden in March 2012
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Our front garden at the end of March 2012, before the frost came at the weekend.
Now the Magnolia flowers have gone brown!
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