Thursday 22 March 2012

First actions of the year

Sea Thistle
Last year I started planting things that would hopefully attract wildlife.  This was a mint plant, a sea thistle, lavender and nasturtiums.  After a long winter it's time to look at what has survived from the items planted last year.  Surprisingly the mint, which looked dead to the world last autumn, is thriving.  The one sea thistle also looks healthy.  We removed the remains of the rambling nasturtiums and will recycle the seeds at the right time.  The lavender is also doing well. 

Lavender
Optimistically I have now planted another Sea Thistle, this time Eryngium Gigantium.  Any thistles will attract insects and these are particularly hardy and look quite dramatic.

Eryngium Gigantium



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