Sarah Marshall
A Bumblebee Evicts an Unwelcome Guest
‘Mind your feet, there’s a Bumblebee walking around in the grass down there’. I looked down and so she was. We were giving the garden...
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Sarah Marshall
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Heatwave!
During the heatwave, I’ve been leaving a small dish of water out on the patio at the end of the garden. The original intention for this...
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Sarah Marshall
Jul 12, 20183 min read
Garden Round-up – June 2018
I’d forgotten just how busy I seem to get in Summer. Not only is the beekeeping season in full swing, but insects are everywhere, meaning...
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Sarah Marshall
May 30, 20182 min read
Weekend Round-up, 26th-28th May 2018
It’s been the second Bank Holiday weekend in a row where we’ve had gorgeous weather, so it was a great opportunity to spend some time in...
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Sarah Marshall
May 21, 20182 min read
Weekend Round-up – 19th/20th May 2018
From the continued good weather and lack of rain you’d think it was already Summer! I’ve noticed that over the past week one of the male...
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Sarah Marshall
May 17, 20182 min read
A case of mistaken identity
When I got back from the apiary on Saturday afternoon I went straight out into the garden to finish off some small jobs I’d started in...
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Sarah Marshall
May 14, 20181 min read
Weekend Round-up – 12th – 13th May 2018
The garden is continuing to burst into life now that Spring is finally here! The first workers have started to emerge from the Buff...
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Sarah Marshall
May 12, 20182 min read
The Sparrow Clean Up Crew
We are lucky enough to have a flock of House Sparrows that live in and around the garden. Since I’ve been watching them they’ve become...
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Sarah Marshall
May 9, 20182 min read
May Day Bank Holiday Weekend Round Up
With the mini heatwave we had over the bank holiday weekend, the garden seems to have exploded into life. Luckily I was able to spend...
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Sarah Marshall
May 5, 20182 min read
Mason Bees emerge in the garden!
I’ve been patiently waiting for the Red Mason Bees to emerge since I put the houses back out at the beginning of April. Predictably,...
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Sarah Marshall
Apr 24, 20183 min read
Bumblebee Nest Box Project
The latter parts of last Winter felt like a long old slog. We had several snowfalls from December through to Match and while I love snow...
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Sarah Marshall
Apr 19, 20183 min read
A Prickly Affair
Some of my earliest nature memories involve hedgehogs. When I was very young and went to stay with my grandparents they had 4 or 5...
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Sarah Marshall
Apr 11, 20181 min read
A strange place to sleep…
I put some empty bee houses up a couple of weeks ago, and as dusk falls tonight one of them is housing an unusual inhabitant… She seems...
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Sarah Marshall
Dec 26, 20171 min read
A Christmas Day visitor
I’m one of those who finds Christmas a tough time of year. There’s so much pressure and expectation to be jolly built up around the...
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Sarah Marshall
Sep 14, 20172 min read
The Leafcutter Diaries 3 – Balsam Days
One day while watching our Leafcutter, I realised that her behaviour had subtly changed. Usually her foraging trips were short – she...
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Sarah Marshall
Sep 13, 20172 min read
The Leafcutter Diaries 2 – 8th July
I’d seen ‘our’ Leafcutter roosting in the beehouses for a few weeks now, but tonight was very happy to see that she’s started nesting...
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Sarah Marshall
Aug 1, 20172 min read
Leafcutter Diaries 1 – 21st June 2017
Every evening when I get home from work one of the first things I do is head on out into the garden. I love to potter around for 5...
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Sarah Marshall
May 29, 20174 min read
Goth Bumblebees, some unlikely garden visitors
A couple of weeks ago I returned home from work to find that my mother-in-law had been trying to reach me. The reason? Her window...
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Sarah Marshall
Sep 7, 20163 min read
The Ponds
One of the main things that I wanted for my garden was a pond. We’d had one in my garden growing up, and I knew how much wildlife they...
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