{"id":9839,"date":"2014-06-05T21:39:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T20:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=9839"},"modified":"2014-12-08T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T20:53:37","slug":"greenside-up-garden-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/greenside-up-garden-june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"An exciting find in the garden in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I shared an update of what we’ve been up to at home but I discovered something exciting in the garden this evening that’s prompted this post…<\/p>\n

\"Beehive\"We have bees!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A neighbouring beekeeper (John) heard recently that we were interested in keeping bees so he dropped a beehive up “just in case”. Apparently bees like to swarm at this time of year and as it’s quite expensive to buy a ‘nuke’ of bees, a swarm that finds you is a lucky bonus.<\/p>\n

As it was such a beautiful evening I headed outside with the camera just before tea to take a few snapshots and stopped in my tracks as I suddenly noticed a group of bees surrounding the hive. We don’t yet have any beekeeping kit so I didn’t venture too close but they are definitely honeybees. John has advised that we stay respectfully away from them for the moment and he’ll call by and check them over the weekend. Although we attended a beekeeping morning last year our knowledge<\/a> is scant so John’s offered to teach us as much as he can about how to keep them. Fingers crossed they’re here to stay and not just visiting… I’ll keep you posted!<\/p>\n

A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay.
\nA swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon.
\nA swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"GreensideElsewhere in the garden there is a lot\u00a0going on. The flowers are starting to bloom in the front garden and although quite wild (I haven’t weeded much) it’s looking quite pretty.<\/p>\n

\"Greenside<\/a>A very bold fox has visited during the day time and took our last remaining duck \ud83d\ude41 and the little black hen which leaves us for now with the big rooster, a little brown hen and a very broody white hen in the main run.<\/p>\n

\"broodyWe’ve separated the other hen who had three chicks that are growing quickly and are keeping them safely enclosed and safe from our cheeky young cats and hopefully the fox too.<\/p>\n

\"piggies\"A couple of weeks ago Alfie arrived from Oldfarm<\/a>\u00a0with a couple of young boars that we’re fattening up for the freezer.<\/p>\n

Although we struggled a bit with sending Rashers and Sausages off to the slaughterhouse last year, <\/a>the taste and flavour of home reared pigs is second to none and knowing they had a happy life and not one squashed into an intensively reared unit means it will be difficult \u00a0for us to ever buy commercially reared pork again.<\/p>\n

\"fedgeIn the veg patch growth is delayed but happening at last. I was late getting started but everything is coming on nicely now that we have some heat during the days, the odd downpour and a stretch in the evenings.<\/p>\n

Outside the mangetout are managing to survive the slug attacks, unlike the kale seedlings that are struggling which means I’m constantly sowing more to replace them.<\/p>\n

The broad beans are surrounded by poached egg flower (limnanthes<\/em>) in an attempt to attract hoverflies that will eat the black bean aphid which is sure to appear as the plant’s soft tips develop. We may curse the wet weather when it arrives but the growth it encourages is worth it (in small doses.) The Sarpo Mira potatoes are coming along nicely, as are the onions and inside the polytunnel everything is flying up. We’re now enjoying picking the strawberries every morning for breakfast and the grapes are starting to form.<\/p>\n

\"How <\/a>
Companion planting with limnanthes and broad beans <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Comfrey <\/a>
Comfrey Patch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Corn <\/a>
Corn and Chard <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Baby <\/a>
Baby grapes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Seeds <\/a>
Brassica Seedlings <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"onions <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"pavlova <\/a>
Ripening Redcurrents <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"How <\/a>
Onions and parsnip seedlings <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"strawberry\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

I still have a couple of beds empty that I’ll need to plant over the coming weeks if we’re to fill them. I’m hoping to get more kale\u00a0out there as well as runner beans and in the polytunnel I’m scratching around looking for space to transplant the peppers and cherry tomatoes.<\/p>\n

\"front<\/p>\n

How’s your garden growing? Are you enjoying sitting outside and feeling the sunshine caress your skin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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