The Sedum or Ice Plants are providing a treat for the bees and insects in the garden this September. Many other plants have ‘gone over’ quite early this year so these Sedum blossoms will be quite welcome as a pre-winter energy booster.

Autumn Insect Food

• Late Rose flowers seem especially well scented at the moment and this will also be attracting nectar feeding insects.

• I have left a couple of rotting apples on the ground and of course the slugs are now getting free reign on the Hostas.

• This morning I spread an old compost heap on a plot that I am renovating. The bio-activity and insects have done a great job breaking down the garden waste but there are still bits for the insects to keep feeding on as they work their way back into the garden soil. If you think about the waste products produced by insects no wonder the compost is rich in food – they provide the P in NPK!

• My sprouts have been decimated by butterfly caterpillars

• Some plants are having a final burst of individual flowers like the Cistus below.