Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Sunflowers

I totally forgot to post this picture, my bad :) I had other things on my mind this Summer and have not been blogging much sorry.
As I already mentioned I have sown lots of bee friendly plants this year and Sunflowers were one of them. Of course the Sunflowers have finished with blooming at this stage :)
They grew very well this year. By the very busy Bumblebee and Honeybee activity I recon it gave lots of pollen and nectar.
 Honeybee and a Bumblebee sharing natures nectar :)
This was the largest ever area I have sown for the bees so far :) and Im glad we have so much land to do so. Bees in our environment have very little wild forage thanks to the mono-crop agriculture.
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3 comments:

  1. SolarbeezSeptember 30, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    That first photo looks like a scene from a Van Gogh painting. I LOVE sunflowers. You've got a good sized lot dedicated to wild flowers. Nice going. Are all those annuals which will disappear under all the snow you get?

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    1. Dusko Bojic aka Che GuebuddhaOctober 1, 2015 at 12:12 AM

      Thank you :) They are annuals but Borage and Calendula will self seed in this climate. Even Phacelia can if the winter is mild.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 23, 2015 at 3:17 PM

    Do you know if sunflowers grow well in the same conditions that apple tree grow? It would be great to dot our orchards with sunflowers to stimulate more bee activity.

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