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when is a garden not a garden…? if all you had was bare concrete, could you still attract bees butterflies?
hoverflies etc, with nectar pots?
i’ll explain..!
i have often revived a cold and numbed bumblebee by giving it a few drops of sugar mixed with water.
also it is well known that bees and butterflies are attracted to certain colours and shapes of flowers.
on the same principal, ive heard that certain people have made flower look-alikes out of metal that have been painted or glazed with bright colours and with a central little hollow, to put in a bit of sugar solution.
i like the idea of this to use for bumblebees, as they emerge starving hungry in spring, into a possibly unwelcoming cold late spring [as this years was].
maybe garden/flower loving artists and sculptors could have a field day with this.
the point i’m making is that, even if you only have bare concrete outside your front or back door, with the addition of one tree in a pot, one bowl of water and a source of sugary nectar [even if it was a ceramic or metal flower!], your wasteland can attract wildlife.
Well from what you have written I can see that you are well in tune with nature, you understand weather and can recognise a cold spring; as also you seem to recognise natures’ bees and bumble bees – very commendable in itself.
I believe that we all need a little bit of nature around us for our well being – whatever you do to help you get in touch with nature can only help improve your quality of life and indeed – of other life around you.
So concrete jungle or not, artificial or real if it make you sing and the birds and bees around you sing – go for it…
I myself tend to grow and nurture Bonsai – it helps me make self of the world around me – does not use too much space and seems to do as well indoors in this concrete jungle of a world or outdoors in the concrete jungle.. OH and yes the birds and bees definitely seem to enjoy them too…
You do what makes you happy – people may call you eccentric – but you stay sane and the world around you is happier too…
Mark D’Cruz
Ma-Ke Bonsai
http://www.makebonsai.com/guide/
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