Sunday, April 5, 2009

Pond life

Well, the pond and wildlife garden are both coming along well - I went down this morning and the Cardamine pratensis was in flower and I swear that hadn't happened the day before yesterday! The pond is full of tadpoles and the insects are beginning to find it too.

Photo of Cardamine pratensis

There are also loads of bumble bees, which is even better news as I want it to be a bumble-bee focussed area as one of the main aims. Now if I'm getting loads of them this year when there aren't any of the flowers in bloom yet (it will need next year for spring planting to have happened) that's good - a lot are really going for the Osmanthus delavii which is in full bloom this week and which we inherited.