Chief Lab Technician.

Budding Entrepreneur. 🌱

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

This Buddlia is HUGE this year. It's over 10 foot tall all ready. I
cant wait to see it in full bloom. Butterflies love it. 🦋🦋🦋

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Fascinating how nature sculpted itself perfectly.

Life & Death. The eternal dance. 🙏

[Green Planet @Elizabeth_Ruler]

🐝 When bees can't eliminate a threat, they render it harmless and neutralize it.

Sometimes a mouse will enter a hive, attracted by the warmth and the smell of honey. The bees will then attack it as a group until they neutralize the intruder. But there's a problem: the body is too heavy to be carried out of the hive.

And that's where one of the most fascinating behaviors in the animal kingdom comes in.

To prevent the carcass from decomposing and contaminating the entire colony, the bees completely cover it with propolis, a natural resin they collect from trees. This substance has powerful antibacterial and antifungal properties.

Little by little, the body dries out, is preserved, and becomes completely harmless to the hive.

This phenomenon, observed by scientists and beekeepers, is considered one of the most impressive examples of collective hygiene in social insects.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

I was told by an experienced gardener LONG ago "You learn more by killing plants, rather than success"
I'm must be going for genius level this year then?

1 x Honeyberry,
2x Arbutus Compacta,
1x pink Lemonade Blueberry.

Crikey! 😬🤣

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Weeds are a strong term for the pretty ones.
I prefer "volunteer plants" personally.
The Bees like whatever this is, so its staying.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Lavender Munstead.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

The Chimney pot Hydrangea is looking so very sweet.

Personally, I think that Hydrangea are SO underrated.
Big pom- pom style heads and almost Butterfly shaped flowers. Elegant to the eye.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Sempervivum Arachnoideum.

Commonly known as,
Cobweb Houseleek.
Cobweb Hens-and-Chicks .

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Gardening. The medicine of life. 🌱

[The potting shed @GardenerFliss]

According to me 😂😂

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Courgette Flower.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

I have 3 patches of Brambles in the corners of my allotment. I've let them grow wild, not just for the Blackberries but also for security.

Today I have to cut them back.
Red hot sun + Bramble cutting= BEER.
(Allotment Math)

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Brown eyed Susan.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Today's task was to make a small flowerbed next to the urban pond.

I've sown Apricot beauty Foxglove, Scarlet Salvia, Dwarf Radiata and Amaranthus Caucasus.

It's a "sow n seed" experiment.
let's see what happens? Now... we wait.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

I have such a soft spot for these Danish Gold Roses.
Instant smile makers. They have a wonderful fresh, almost citrusy scent.
I can't wait to see all the climbing roses take over the "Love seat" area of the allotment. It will feel like sitting inside of a bouquet of flowers.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Plenty of Raspberries & Strawberries for tea.

Homegrown FAR outweigh shop bought.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

The Leek seedlings are now planted in their big tubs.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Red Valerian.
Aka
Jupiter's Beard.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

Cactus flowering.

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Sedum ( Stonecrop) flower.

[Chief Lab Technician. @YLeafLab]

The first of the Cauliflower have arrived. It's the First time I've ever grown Romensco.

Allotment wins.