Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne

Look what popped up in David’s pond! He says: ‘I put a small pond in my plot in the new year, put some oxygenating aquatic plants in and waited to see what would happen.

Our ‘Pollinator Patch’ flower bed at the entrance to the site hosts examples of flowering plants with different flower shapes that attract a range of pollinators. Marc Carlton (Marc Carlton The Pollinator Garden: www.foxleas.com) has provided a detailed and accessible information on flower shapes and insects

The RPA Pump Team, led by Ray can offer advice on watering in drought conditions, in addition to their ‘day jobs’ of fixing broken pumps around the site and installing new ones. Information has been produced by Ray and others with general advice on watering during drought conditions; plotholders will have their own strategies for dealing with drought conditions

A pair of wrens have nested and successfully raised young in Matt’s shed! Matt says: “There’s an old T shirt hanging in the rafters of my shed. I went to dry my hands a few weeks ago and a wren flew out of the armhole

Pop-up Plant Sales have been well attended following the ‘official’ one in the first week of May; plotholders have been making the most of the warm weather and a few rain showers to get their purchases in the ground. Well done, Ruth and team for organising!