#Beekeeper in #Wales. Very concerned about #biodiversity and #climate change.
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Last Notes npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Sweetpea colours in the garden today #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Settled at last! npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo She is back after a half hour ball wanging session and a swim in the river npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo She went out for about an hour, off lead, but just with Stuart as Storm didn't fancy the rain. So she did not get a good romp with her little mate. She has come back still so full of energy she doesn't know what to do with herself. She has woken the robot vac up twice to try to get it to play with her. Stuart is getting wrapped up to take her out again! npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Its a bit damp out at the moment mum #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The horseradish is huge this year. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Blurry photo of a honey bee using the back door on the runner bean flowers that was created by the bumbles to get nectar #pollinators npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo hoping its not x npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo @npub1u7x…ztt0 how has the rain been? I hope you are all ok? x npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo hope all is ok npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo cleared cache and I have translation, thank you so much! I was dreading moving instances npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I did, but no longer. He can not help npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Anyone else on mastodon.green use it on their mobile and get translation? If so what app do you use? I used to but no longer and its a big loss. I have now tried signing in on 4 different servers, mastodon, moshidon, megladon and 1 I forget with no success. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Just got this from a friend, wish I was there. #Wales #Gower npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I wondered if they made the windows smaller at some point and then again. The one arch on the left does not have the quality of those above npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo fingers crossed for you and the corn npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo View from an apiary #Wales npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I am going to try to move the BIG fern in the front garden. It will be better somewhere where it doesn't have to be trussed up. Obviously, I will do it when its dormant. Anyone done this and have any tips? #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo there was an article the other day on the Bbc website about people trying to grow apples in India. Apparently it is possible but they are inedible. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo thats shocking npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Enchanters nightshade and hedge woundwort flowers and Lords and Ladies berries in the garden #nativeFlowers npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Water lily #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The swarm is all settled in in their oddly roofless choice of home. Now we must sort them out and give them as many fresh frames of wax as we can without removing all the honey they brought with them #beekeeping npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Who says hosta don't have flowers? #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo First crop of the charlotte potatoes from a 30l pot #GrowYourOwn npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo After her busy walk, Storm has already put herself to bed #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Mud? What mud? #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo wooded areas are really hard to photograph I think. The light is poor and the clutter can be confusing. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo that is a very interesting tree npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo only 80%? Its much, much worse here already npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo is there a break forecast? We've gone from hot, but not that hot, to windy and chilly in 24 hours npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I guess its easy to look butch and lairy despite being tiny when you are poisonous to almost everything npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo yes, taking account of the limited choices she, as a women, had then and her advancing age npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo welcome, you will find doing a bio helps npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The nasty, skinny tomatoes that I was ashamed of when they went in have quickly become really strong plants. My only criticism is that the trusses are rather small. The first time I grew this variety, cocktail crush, the trusses were huge, 20 to 30 toms to a truss. #GrowYourOwn npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo almost anything must have more calories than ants, even big ants! npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo a hawk that eats snails? If they eat slugs too, I want half a dozen npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I need to start saving if it does bracken 😂 npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo very expensive? Is it petrol or electric? Petrol would have more omph. I am rather excited by it npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo does it actual work on bracken? npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo wish I had one npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo it is a wonderful photo npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo A very happy springer, in a field where she wants to be #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo its not just troughs that attract Welli #DogdOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Welli's been in a trough again #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo been for a walk by the railway and actually saw a train. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The Waverley paddle steamer coming in to Penarth this morning. #Wales 📷 my daughters npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo have to be in a feeder where they can't get out whole nuts, just peck off bits. Otherwise small bird sometimes feed them whole and the babies can't digest them npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo yes, they have a seed mix in a different feeder which the sparrows love npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I wanted a long straight one but there were none. I had my doubts but this is great actually npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo bluetits on the new doughnut feeder , they all love it and the less agile birds can sit in the hole #birds npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo "I know I have had breakfast and, as you say, there is kibble down, but I fancy something toothsome, you know how it is" #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I don't know what's been gnawing this Welsh poppy flower, but the bumble doesn't mind. Look at the size of her pollen basket. #pollinators #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo A few seconds of bubbling water npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo While Stuart was out getting more bits for the replumbing of the drain under the sink I tried to rake up the energy to finish filling the dishwasher and put it on. Luckily I decided to have lunch first as I have just realised the dishwasher and washing machine outlets are currently just loose in the cupboard under the sink.🤔 npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I've been repoting hollyhocks that I grew from seed. Lots of this variety came up, Creme d'Cassis, but only one lone seedling from the white seeds. I so enjoy pottering in the polytunnel on wet days, its too hot on sunny ones. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The leggy tomatoes are already looking better in the polytunnel, they could hardly have looked worse #GrowYourOwn npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo They have the national collection of sarracenia. They were amazing #CarniverousPlants npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I can throroughly recommend Farmyard Nursery, Llandysul. A plant lovers nursery, almost all grown there, except roses and huchera. They have dozens of polytunnels. A loads of outside plants too. I vowed no more roses and bought this one, which was grown there. The place was very hard to find #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Golden eagles flying back to northern England - BBC News npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo my home town but I haven't been there in donkeys years npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Another new stand in place, up on blocks this time, much better #beekeeping npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo yes, I just checked and they are flint all the way up the coast, billions of tonnes npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo and not just there, all along the coast I think. I grew up in Portsmouth and we would get the ferry across the mouth of Langstone Harbour to visit the sandy beach as all the ones in Portsmouth are pebbles npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo the western end of the island is sandy, horrible blowy sand that gets in your sandwiches and everywhere else npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Dogs in the buttercups #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Finally, planted the Matucana sweet peas. They have a small, not very exciting, bicolour flower, but they are meant to be the most fragrant variety. I have done 2 small planters, one is a bit crowded. I am hoping the ones in the front garden will scent the whole area. The ones in the side garden will have to compete with the roses. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Washed one of the Roman blinds first thing. Do you think I can get the batons back in now its dry? Nope. 1 slid in others flatly refuse npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo in nature there would not be just beech trees though, this is man npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo magnificent and cathedral like as beech hangers are they are so sterile though with no undergrowth npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Watering the front garden. The downside to almost everything being in pots. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo First flower on the For Your Eyes Only rose. Pollinators love these open roses. I prefer its sister rose Tigers Eye which is yellow. #roses npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I think you have misremembered giving me dinner #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I repotted this hosta earlier in the year. Should have done it sooner as I did damage some of the new shoots, but it seems happy enough. I love this hosta, its huge and snails don't really touch it. I expect I will have to move it soon, or it will block the path #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Dylan Thomas's boat house in Laugharne has an even better view, although I don't know where his desk was npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I have planted some sweetpeas. The roots were so tangled, I should have put them out sooner. I have 2 more trays to find homes for but must buy more compost. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Liver, kidneys, pancreas all fine, phew! Monitor overnight and get different tablets tomorrow if any continuation, in case its whatever Welli had last week. She is having another drink now, which is good. I know we will lose her soon, but as long as she can have an enjoyable life, we will endeavour to keep her going npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Bella is home. Been given antispasmodic and had a blood test. Results expected within about an hour. I am so relieved she's back as I really didn't think I would see her again. And she has just drunk a little water, the first today. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Having a bad day. Our elderly dog went to vets first thing as bad tum and refused breakfast, which is unheard of. Given bentonite which I couldn't get down her. She's not eating or drinking. Now passing blood and being rushed back in, probably to be admitted. She is 13 🤞 (Also internet is out and my clothesline has broken) npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo let me guess, another lurch to the right npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Bluebells Fforestfawr Tongwynlais #Wales npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo If anybody in #Caerphilly is looking to employ an intelligent 19 year old who can turn their hand to many things. On the spectrum. They thought they had a job offer and were ecstatic, but it fell through today. Food outlets, pubs?? #FediHire npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Given some of the toms bigger pots. I do it once the roots start peeking through the pot holes. I make sure I put the plants deeper so they can grow extra roots from the stem ##GrowYourOwn npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo New planter is about half full of used compost. Now it will get a layer of horse muck. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Small but pretty pulmonaria flowers. They start pink and turn blue ##gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Any idea what this plant is. Dreadful photo through window from daughter #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo They are fine, the vole was obviously having a night off. Also all the transpanted hollyhocks look fine so far. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Suddenly remembered I have forgotten to put the sweetpea seedlings up away from rampaging voles. Wondering how many are left this morning #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Potted up the hollyhocks. Should have done it a bit sooner I think, lots of roots. I always think I have killed half of them, peat free compost is inclined to be coarse, but time will tell. These are Creme d'Cassis so deep maroon. #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo no its just bracken it trying to take over our flower meadow and its a nightmare npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo oh no! npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I think it looks excellent, a great planter npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Been a wonderful spring for selfset violets, they are everywhere in the garden #gardening npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo I was told it by a lady, called Nan, in her 80s who had witnessed it as a young child and not understood at the time. I guess it would have been around WW1 npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo there was one in a village I lived near. Story was that the vicar had a drink problem and drank most of the funds raised to build it, so tin was the only option. He also had a wandering eye and drove his poor wife to stand on the bridge in the village, hold up her skirts and declare this isn't good enough for Jenkins. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Celandines, celandines and more celandines. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The ground was thick with celandines at the 1st apiary today. Thousands of them. A few primroses too. npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Its one of those days that looks beautiful until you step out in to it. There is a bitter wind. Off to dismantle an out of the way apiary. Lovely spot, but too far out to make sense. Plus the bees there, no matter how often we requeen, are just plain nasty #beekeeping npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo The face of a dog that's wondering what her dad is doing out without her #DogsOfMastodon npub16rpypynmw0xkkelyuwv6h9juc929dkj2jj34x64qk9qvnw06308qac873y Jo Sun dog. Its amazing how much terriers like to bake in the sun #DogsOfMastodon
