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Mike 🌈

What is going to happen this Spring with the blossom buds on our fruit trees? This is a Williams pear. At this stage of March last year, the weather turned arctic as the flowers opened, there were no insects to cross-fertilise, and consequently we had very few pears later. Now we’re wondering if there will be a repeat in 2025 as we enter another arctic-cold few days. Fingers crossed by the time the blossom is fully open, the air will be warmer and we will see bees and wasps visiting us.
#GayGardener #GayGarden
#fruit #blossom #growYour Own #GrowYourOwnFood #spring #today

Close up of the ends of two branches of a pear tree. the bark is dark brown. There are many blossom buds not far from opening, pale yellow in colour. Behind, not in focus, is a hedge, leafless trees and blue sky with a single large white cloud.
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Mike maɪk

We had a blast of summer yesterday, & with it an influx of butterflies into our garden. I was excited to see the only Painted Lady this year, & a Red Admiral - both species Vanessa. I got my phone out & got a quick shot. But when Iooked at the photo the Painted Lady isn’t there! The butterfly here is definitely a Comma!? Maybe the Painted Lady flew off seconds before I pointed my camera?
#butterflies #ButterflyConservation #SaveOurButterflies #Vanessa #Gaygardener #PaintedLady #RedAdmiral

a dark purple buddleia flower, with signs of browning in front of a beech hedge. On the flower are two butterflies feeding with closed wings. One is a Comma, with its ragged wing-edges and the tell-tale white comma mark in the middle. Below it, the other is a red admiral, with black, red and white markings.
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