About this time you may notice nicely cut outs in your leafs. Specifically roses but other juicy leaved plants will do as well. No worries, this is most likely the work of a leaf cutter bee. These are solitary bees, quite friendly, only the females have a sting and their main defenses are their tools.…
Gardening
Gardening in Galicia. Experiences whilst recrating a UK yellow book garden and start a large vegetable plot.
The water lily flowers – must be summer in Galicia
The water lily flowers so it must be summer. The time of long balmy evenings in rural Galicia. Once the holiday season starts there will be food everywhere, off season its sometimes a bit hit and miss. Great time to take photos in the evening sun.
Siesta time – Time to build water features – what else?
Great, the thermometer just hit 32C in the shade. It’s being really hot for the last couple of days. After two year in rural Galicia, I can say that we shift towards the “typical Spanish” timings. This results in my dear wife getting up just after sun rise to water the plants, whilst I start…
