Lemon Balm

March 17, 2022 in Scented Garden, Vegetable Gardening

Melissa is the Greek word for "honey-bee." It was traditionally used by the ancient bee keepers. They used to rub the crushed leaves on the beehives to encourage the domesticated bees to return to their hives. They also believed that the lemon balm would also bring new bees to the hive.

Native Daisy

September 25, 2021 in Australian Native Plants, Summer Colour in the G...

Brachyscome multifida is endemic to Australia and a brilliant free flowering hardy ground cover daisy. This cute little daisy has fine feathery foliage and can grow to about 50cm diameter and about 40cm high.

My Flowers bring all the Bees to the Yard

August 25, 2021 in Insects in the Garden

Here are a list of some of my favourite bee attracting plants. When I say bee I mean all bees. Some plants will attract European bees and some will attract native bees. I don’t discriminate, I love them all and want all of them visiting my garden! This list is not exhaustive it’s just a list to get you started.

Honey

July 09, 2021 in Garden Talk

Store bought honey is usually a combination of honeys from all different suppliers from all different regions, therefore all different flowers were used in the making of the money. Plus, the honey is also put through a refining process which some believe changes the structure of the honey.

All about Bees

July 09, 2021 in Garden Talk, Insects in the Garden

Bees pollinate over a third of the food we eat. Unfortunately, bee populations all over the world are declining which in turn is affecting the availability of our food.