Busy as the bees

It's a busy time down the plot at the moment. Not only for us, but the bees are seriously busy in the apple tree at the moment.

If you stand right next to the apple tree you get this light scent of the blossom and can hear humming all around you.

Elsewhere other plants are blooming, such as the Blueberries. Hopefully we should get a good crop off them.

And the greenhouse is beginning to get overcrowded so it's time to evict some residents. First to be ousted are the three largest courgettes into the new mound.

I checked back as to when we planted them out last year. It was the 15th of May. So we're about a month ahead of last year. It seems we've had a really mild start to the year. No decent rainfall (at least here in London) for about a month now. Just a few spatters enough to coat the dust. So the plants have had a really warm sunny start, albeit a dry one.

The Lilies are looking good.

But this year we're going to keep an eye out for those pesky beetles which we didn't know about last year. Already squished one. They're not going to get a second chance this year.

And the artichoke, which was seriously cut back when the new flower bed went in, is starting to thrive once again.

I suspect that tomorrow we will make a start in putting out some of the sweetcorn. Of course the only problem is that we'll have to protect it from the birds. Time to bring out the netting again. But as I say, that's a job for tomorrow. As to the rest of today... I suspect shopping and a cider. Not necessarily in that order.