Quince and ginger in fact.
And rain.
However before the rain a second terracota igloo got its finishing touches (now to put up the signposts). How do you direct a hedgehog to available real estate?
With rain on the way the bumblebees were working furiously. I spent ages trying to capture a good photo of one and finally resorted to video. Half a dozen pointless videos later I finally got a flash of reddish yellow fuzz and stripes zooming past.
Oh that pie looks and sounds so delicious.
ReplyDeleteNobby is wondering if bees can read signposts. They'll be having their own blog next!
Cheers, Gail.
I made an enormous one of these years ago when living on a yacht with no fridge. When we had eaten as much as we could face we set it out on deck under the cockpit cover (middle of winter). We heard a clattering on deck in the middle of the night and looked out to see 4 half grown foxes eating pie.🙀
DeletePerhaps you could lay a trail of hedgehog food along the garden, leading to the igloo?
ReplyDeleteIs that missing piece of shortcake on its way to me up here?
It's in my tummy and we are about to set off in your direction....does that count?
DeletePop in for a coffee on your way!
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ReplyDeleteGlad to see the catnip continues to serve purpose! The pie looks good, from here... is that a string bag it sits upon? Very pretty and effective food shot! YAM xx
Stringish bag indeed. I went through a phase of making them; that one crocheted from cotton yarn. I have settled on genuine string and a net making shuttle for them now. It was about to be delivered and i remembered to take photograghs.
DeleteLuscious pies! Bees are hard to capture in flight but Tigger's plant encouraged them to hang around.
ReplyDeletethe video is great. the quick flashes are too cute and made me laugh. the pie looks yummy and a lot like what mother did with the hard pears from a friends house, much like your quince. i think I smell it.
ReplyDeleteQuince and ginger! That's creative. You could put up a spinepost.
ReplyDeleteF puts fresh ginger in almost everything she finds only moderately palatable (quince, rhubarb, neranje marmalade, stir fries...) the rest of the world grimaces and she's wolfing it down.
DeleteThe pie looks very yummy indeed. I’ll know what to make make if ever in gifted quince again
ReplyDeleteI saw my first bumble bee while on tour and I was very excited indeed. We don’t have them here in aust
If you don't have bumblebees (and I believe you cos NZ had none either until their were introduced so we could grow red clover which needs them as pollinators) how do tomato growers in Aus pollinate their crops?
DeleteBees are always too quick for me to get a photo. I dont think I've tried that type of pie though but I'd give it a go.
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