Things have been happening in the churchyard, on a sad but realistic note in terms of safety we have had to have the branches removed from a tree because they were diseased and the main trunk is all that remains standing, on the plus side the removal of tree canopy means we have a whole area next to the path which now gets more sunlight and means therefore we can plant out some species to attract pollinators. Elsewhere we have Foxgloves or Digitalis popping up between the gravestones and adjacent to the path. It has been a long time wish to establish Foxgloves and get the cycle of seed to plants working. Foxgloves are biannual, setting seed, germinating and then finally flowering in the second year before setting seed and dying back in the autumn of the second year. If we have succeeded in getting this cycle established then it is very exciting and gratifying to observe the bees buzzing around to collect the pollen and nectar. In the meantime I have been looking into how we can attract more butterflies in fact the new area I mentioned before would be ideal to develop and plant out with sympathetic plant species.
Until next time.....
