Wednesday, August 16, 2017

My Walden

No fungicides,
no herbicides,
no pesticides.
Lots of earthworms, though,
of bugs and birds and bumble bees.
Lots of flowers and herbs,
lots of beans, carrots, onions, tomatoes, zucchini etc.,
lots of white, red and black currant,
of rasp- and blackberries etc.
and potatoes for another year.
Oh, and not to forget:
Healthy bee colonies
mean healthy honey.



4 comments:

  1. That looks lovely. We are having a weird year, and my zucchini is suffering from lack of pollination. I am totally behind with the garden blog. And with the garden, which will, of course, be much better next year...

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    1. Yes, we have been quite lucky so far, despite lots and lots of heavy rain in July and August. We did not and will not have cherries, apples and plums, though, this year, as while the trees stood in full blossom we got some severe frost. Same with walnuts.
      Next year everything will – of course :) – get better.

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  2. Seanhenge: Le Pays des Merveilles!
    I always wanted to know if you were collecting the honey of those well-fed, hard-working bees?

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    1. Ah, no Claude, the bees do get the honey they collect stolen by the bee-keeper on the neighbouring plot.
      It's quite interesting a story. One day I might tell it.

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