At the end of April, we have plenty of blossom on the fruit trees and bushes ...
Red or White Currant Flowers
It took us a while to identify this insect that we see repeatedly on the gooseberry flowers ...
Red Mason Bee
And there are plenty of these attractive flowers (or weeds!) in our garden. They attract Goldfinches to eat the seeds, and pollinating insects to the flowers.
My favourite time of year as the blossom appears ...
More signs of life in the garden, but recent ground frosts and cold nights seem to have set things back again, after the warm February.
Rosemary in flower: a rather tired shrub planted in an old water tank on the patio.
Strawberry Four Seasons (more like three) has its first flower: growing in a tub on the patio. It produces tiny, rather bland fruits.
The garlic continues to grow well in a raised bed. Probably the most trouble free vegetable that we grow. The wire is to stop blackbirds and our cat from digging up the bulbs!
Our daffodils are in full flower. They seem very late compared to most that we see. The narcissuses are just starting to produce buds and flowers, too.
A Pieris Japonica growing in a gap on the patio is covered in blossom. We saw a large bumble bee feeding on it earlier in the week.
A Thale Cress (?) plant that is making its home on the patio.
The hot, dry weather continues here in Southern Scotland, and the flowers and insects are benefitting. The oregano around the pond is a ...
