#bee attracting

[malleedesign]

New Post has been published on https://malleedesign.com.au/what-to-plant-for-poorly-drained-soils/

What to Plant for Poorly Drained Soils

Wet Weather Gardening

By Kath Gadd and Hannah Preston

After yet more rain on the east coast many plants in many gardens are suffering water-logging. Even in reasonably well drained soils the inundation has been too much for some plants. Physically, the force of rain, streams and puddles of water have caused their own damage and with the increased humidity comes increased pathogen risk, it really hasn’t put many gardeners in the best mood, myself included!

Callistemon ‘In June’

The biggest issue with waterlogging is often the deprivation of oxygen from the soil. If the soil can’t breathe then anaerobic bacteria take over and start producing the yucky smells we associate with long-wet locations. Most plant roots actually need oxygen to survive as well as air space to continue growing, so when soils sit wet for too long they literally start to suffocate.

Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

From aboveground there’s not always much we can do to immediately alleviate water-logging, but noticing and designing your garden based on how water travels is a good first step. You can also add clay breaker or organic materials like mulches to help improve the structure of the soil and its ability to drain and hold air pockets.

Melalueca viridiflora ‘Burgundy Weeper’

Be mindful that after rain soils are vulnerable to compaction, and if compacted their ability to aerate again will be compromised. Try not walk excessively on or run heavy objects over still wet areas – unless of course you’ve turning the local hillside into a mudslide for the kids 😛 

Melaleuca armillaris ‘Pink’

Create some space around the base of your plants, especially young ones. After heavy rain debris and other materials sometimes accumulate around the stems of plants, which leads to increased humidity and a greater chance of pathogens taking hold. Plants can become completely covered in mulch after the rain so make sure you clear the base to allow for airflow.

Leptospermum ‘Ballerina’

Some native plants are more tolerant than others when it comes to having wet feet, sometimes this is called being hardy to ‘temporary inundation’, which just means their root system will tolerate sitting in water for a short period of time without harming the plant.

Melastoma affine

I have a heavy clay soil so am no stranger to trying to find native plants which will survive in poorly drained soil and have been trialling and testing some of the pictured natives species. As a general rule of thumb I have listed some species and genus below which don’t mind having wet feet, some of them even thrive.

Baloskion tetraphyllum

Reeds, rushes and sedges are great in boggy damp areas, they will soak up excess moisture in difficult positions and can make great borders and features.

Poa ‘Suggan Buggan’

Banksia robur or the Swamp Banks ifs a wonderful large shrub or small tree which can handle very poorly drained soils and also periods of drought.

Banksia robur

The WA peppermint will also cope with temporary inundation to its root system, this species can be found as a low shrub, large shrub and small to medium tree, so is very useful in clay soils, however it dislikes humidity so beware when growing it north of Sydney.

Agonis ‘Burgundy’

Agonis flexuosa

If you are looking for large Eucalyptus species which can handle a heavier soil and lots of rain, look no further than our beautiful Ironbarks!

Eucalyptus paniculata

Smaller hedging plants will be species which naturally grow in a wetter environment like the sub tropical rainforest, this encompasses plants like Lilly Pillys, Myrtles and Baeckea.

Syzygium wilsonii

Other moisture loving small trees which don’t mind a bit of extra rain but cant sit for very long with wet feet are Grevillea baileyana, Buckinghamia celsissima, Tristaniopsis laurina and Xanthostemon chrysanthus.

Grevillea baileyana

Please see the list below and help me add to it!

Leptospermum (not all species)

Melaleuca (not all species)

Callistemons (not all species)

Casaurina species and cultivars

Banksia robur

Sedges – Carex apressa, Ficinia nodosa, Gahnia species

Eucalyptus ampifolia, sideroxylon, paniculata

Acmena and Syzygium species

Baeckea virgata and linifolia

Backhousia anisata, citriodora, myrtifolia

Calothamnus quadrifidus

Callicoma serratifolia

Randia fitzlanni

Lomatia myricoides

Kunzea (not all species)

Melastoma affine

Native Grasses – Themeda triandra, Dianella caeurulea, Poa labillardieri, Pycnosorus globosus

Viminaria juncea

Tristaniopsis laurina

Agonis flexuosa

#Agonis 'Burgundy' #Agonis flexuosa #Baloskion tetraphyllum #Banksia robur #bee attracting #boggy soils #Casuarina 'Cousin It' #Casuarina 'Freefall' #Casuarina 'Green Wave' #Casuarina glauca prostrate form #clay soils #Grevillea baileyana #Leptospermum 'Starry Night' #Melaleuca armillaris Pink #Melaleuca viridiflora 'Burgundy Weeper' #Melastoma affine #Syzygium wilsonii #water logged soils #wet weather

[rooolt]

sure Kristen’s god is kinda dead or whatever and she might flunk out of school, but at least she’s pulling bitches

#The whole thing with gertie #“There’s still a deep attraction here” #Like damn Kristen I’d deal with it for a cute bee girl to kiss me sloppy style #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #also can everyone tell the phrase “pulling bitches” is a favorite of mine #kristen applebees

[zivazivc]

Damn you! I’ve fallen right into your trap and now am back on the trolls train 😂

Seriously though, your art is always so soft and gorgeous, trolls in your style just fits so well! Your trolls OC is adorable btw, I love the idea of a bee farmer/shepherd, does she have a special little favourite bee? One that always gets into things or is just a good buddy? Thanks for sharing your stuff with us, I can’t wait to see what you make next, but no pressure of course 😉

ahhh thank you <3 I am new to the fandom but I just love the good vibes and fluff 🤗

I'm happy you like Birdie. She loves all her bees equally. She doesn't have a very big hive because they're bumble bees so she has enough love to go around, but she naturally pays a bit special attention to the queen :P

Someone was asking what kind of troll she is. She's a folk-pop troll. She lives on the edge of pop village and provides the village with honey.

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #dw trolls #my art #trolls oc #birdie #bees #she puts fresh aromatic flowers in her hair to attract her bees when she needs them to follow her home :) #thank you for the ask! #answered

[redactedcrowart]

mystomach hurts. alt version under the cut thumbsup emoji

#the most jarring part about this movie is that i discovered i am attracted to josh hutcherson #i feel unwell #wow the fnaf movie was really good right guys #yeah we all remember that part of the movie when michael wore the miku binder yeah of course #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #fnaf fanart #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's movie #michael fnaf #fnaf michael #michael afton #mike schmidt #<- no he's not but we don't know his new surname yet so. this is what we're going with for now #art #my art #i just drew this in thirty minutes because bee said i should. help me

[neofelis----nebulosa]

Po and Tigress's relationship is so funny because they're written like a queerbait couple but like. its a male character and a female character. like theres some stuff that is obviously written in a way that can be interpreted as romantic but like the movie never actually backs it up with any further development of a romance between the two. there's always that plausible deniability so they dont actually have to follow up on it.

#like dreamworks i promise if you make it canon angry parents wont boycott your movie #like yeah ik theyre different species but dreamworks literally made a romance between a human and a bee #two species in the same order is not off the table for them #anyways i actually appreciate the way its written with plausible deniability bc that way i can ignore it bc i want tigress to be a lesbian #bc i am and i relate to her #and i like to project on her #so like dreamworks pls dont give her any male love interests i will cry #and yall please do not comment about times in any of the tv series that their feelings were confirmed/semi confirmed bc i disregard all... #...the shows as non canon for my own sanity #ive seen a little bit of them but they make me so irrationally angry that i avoid them #ive gone into it more in previous posts #my personal hc is that po is genuinely attracted to her but knows he has no chance and never tries to initiate anything

[jils-things]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THEM AND ONLY THEM AAUUAUAUAHGSGRGSRH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

I LOVE YOU FOREVER @beeholyshit LITERALLY EVERYONE LOOK AT HIS ART RIGHT NOW 🫵🫵🫵

#DUDE I WOKE UP #i WOKE UP WITH THE GROSS FACE I HAD TO WASH UP BUT OU HEY MY TEARS CLEANSED MY FAVE #I CRIED SLSH LIGHHEARTEDLY IM SO HAPPY RN #RHYS IS SO FUCKING HANDSOME IM SO #IM OVERWHELMED #KM SO GIDDY #I DDITM EXPECT CARMINE TO BE HERE IM. IM SO #CARMINE JUST SUPPORTING THE TWO LOVERS EHSHAHEHEHEHEHEHEHSHRBSHEJ #LAYLA LOOKS SO PLUMPY THANKYOU BEE THANKYPU THATS MY GIRL SHES SO. SLAAYYYYYY ILYILYILYILYILY #HASHTAG RHYLA SOLO AND CARMINE IS THER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #MONOCHROME AINT STOPPING THEM FROM LOOKING SO FUCKING VIBRANY LOOK AT THEM THEYRE ALL SO HAPPY AND JOYFUL #IM GONNA MAKE THIS MY KEYBOARD WALLAPPER EUEUEUUEUERHBRHSJRJEJR #RHYS IS JUST SO ATTRACTIVE I LITERALLY CANT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #MY BLOG LOOKING SO BLACK AND WHITE BUT BRO I AM THE MOST VIBRANT GIRL ALIVE RN #EUEUEUEYURUDRYEUEUEUUEUEEE I MISS U CARMINE I MISS YOU SO SO MUCHWAMWMAMWAS BIG BROTHER LOVES YOU #💚 for me #bee tag #♥ rhyla #layla briar.insert #rhys.insert #OUGH IM GONNA THROW UP #carmine.fam #CARMINE IS SO FUCKING BABY COMPARED TO THEM #LETS GO

[mrbeeboi]

My face for real after Quackity made that comment about Wilbur’s BO

#like what did you mean by that you think it smells good #no BO smells good. what are you on? #it brings to mind that thing about how supposedly if you enjoy the smell of someone’s BO that indicates you’re likely sexually compatible #or at the very least strongly attracted to someone. all the evidence is anecdotal of course. no actual studies have been done #and that’s not to say I’m trying to prove anything or insinuate anything. I think real person shipping is cringe and damaging #it was just the first thing that came to mind after that comment #quackity #Wilbur soot #wine stream #mcyt #mcytblr #bee buzzes

[megpricephotography]

There's a field at the far end of the local apple orchards, that has a public footpath running through it. We don't often go down there as it's off our usual little circuit but occasionally, for a change, we'll head over & explore. Last summer, the farmer had planted the field with sunflowers & you could walk through them. It was lovely, very pretty.

We'd not ventured there so far this summer & I was curious what was now growing in the Far Field, cause I could see it wasn't a regular crop, like wheat, or potatoes but I couldn't tell from a distance what it was.

So, today, we down to have a closer look. It's thistles! The entire field is a big old thistle forest. It's buzzing. Literally. So many bees!! There are stacks of bee hives up in the orchards & I'm guessing the thistles (& some other types of flowers, sprinkled among them) have been planted to provide food for pollinators?

Anyway, once I realised the field was a mass of prickly plants & stinging insects, I didn't feel overly enthused about walking down the very overgrown footpath. However, Flynn remembered there's a stream at the other end & he was determined to have a paddle, so off we went down a tunnel of thistles.

Flynn was fine - he's short enough to avoid the worst of the spikes & most of the bees. I followed very gingerly. Got scratched & prickled & poked by the plants but all I can say is that it's a good job our local bee population appears to be quite docile & relaxed about life because I definitely headbutted at least few of them on the way through & nobody stung me! So that was our Sunday afternoon adventure!

#bit naughty of the farmer to not leave more clearance for the footpath tbh #landowners have a duty to make sure any public footpaths across their land are accessible by walkers #and I'm not sure a tunnel of thistles counts as accessible! #although... I mean... we did make it to the stream & back in one piece #& I like that the thistles are attracting insects! saw plenty of bees & butterflies #I think thistles improve soil too? not sure #flynn #border collie #dog #summer #field #farmland #sunflowers #thistles #england

[bumblingbabooshka]

idk if you know the semi-nonsexual lesbian centric throuple scene from the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo (this one here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g02pDtAJOuk) but that’s somehow the janeway/chakotay/tuvok vibe to me. starfleet-centric semi-nonsexual throuple. harry’s caleb in this scenario of course

He's IN this Relationship.

#Chakotay: Are you wondering if I'm available for sex? Is that why you asked? / Harry: Did I ask? You're very attractive #Tuvok & Janeway: -radiating a joint vibe as the conversation carries on- ...... #Also yes I've seen a lot of Brian Jordan Alvarez's work! Delightfully surreal~ #HEHEHEH STARFLEET CENTRIC #Chakotay and Janeway dancing and Tuvok puts his hand between them. ah ah...leave room for Starfleet. #Thank you old friend <3 #Harry being Caleb is so correct...(where were we?) 'I don't know you're running this!?' (OH MY GOD!!!) #Harry scoring a date/hookup with Chakotay like its nothing is also very funny. He's smooth like that. #Q&A #bee doodles #thank you for seeing this truth anon #chakotay/janeway/tuvok

[dyrewrites]

My son keeps bringing gifts home from school.

They are incredibly thoughtful little handmade things from girls he only kind of knows (he forgets names).

I asked if they are all from girls, because I am nosy, and he saw right through my question.

"Mom, please, boys also think I'm sexy."

And now I'm wondering if bisexuality is a gene and did I pass it on? Or is he just incredibly confident and I am broken and don't know what self-esteem looks like...

#my husband also attracts people like flowers attract bees #he's got an energy that tells everyone they're safe around him #and our son has that too #so i'm blaming that #because my energy in person has always been “leave me the fuck alone or i will bite you” #this is not me talking #this is what i have been told #not writing #rambles #i had to share because i mean really #who says that

[malleedesign]

New Post has been published on https://malleedesign.com.au/gardening-for-wellbeing/

Gardening for Wellbeing

Stress Relief, Connection to Nature, Community involvement, Mood lifting, Physical Health, Personal Growth ….just to name a few!

Words by Kath Gadd and Hannah Preston @ Mallee Design

On Dharawal land

In times of great social and economic upheaval gardening can offer multiple benefits. As we are living through one of those times right now, where many of us are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by the current chaos, why not try to increase your dose of nature? 

Gardening offers us a place to come together as communities, neighbors and individuals to relieve stress, connect with nature, improve our physical health and grow (both the plants and ourselves). 

For many gardeners it is the love of planting something and watching it grow that gives the most pleasure. There is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained from watching a plant you have planted and nurtured flourish and flower. By witnessing and planning the growth cycle of your garden you become connected to your environment and greater surroundings. 

“We might think we are nurturing our garden, but really it is our garden nurturing us” Jenny Uglow

Acacia iteaphylla, Flinder’s Wattle

Nature connection and the sensory experience of the garden can be incredibly uplifting. To feel wriggly worms writhing amongst bare fingers or brush past a mint bush and be bombarded by its delicate perfume forces us to notice something that is right here right now. This connection with the present has the potential to heal in small or big ways and the rise of mindfulness as a strategy for approaching mental wellbeing is recognition of this fact. Allowing our hands to explore soils, leaves, flowers and texture instead of a smartphone is a sure way to bring us back to the moment. 

Sit Spot in Small Native Garden

Being present in the garden also gives us a much needed respite from the digital world. Why not try having your morning coffee or tea in the garden without your phone? My current favourite sit spot is on a log in my garden (image above)

Ways to be mindful in the garden 

Crush the leaves of different plants to see what they smell like

Sit in the garden rather than inside

Look for insects or beetles on trees or in the soil

Search for mushrooms (there will be lots around with all the rain we’ve had)

Observe your plants

Walk barefoot through your garden or the bush

What’s more, recent scientific studies have found there is a link between specific soil microbes and the production of serotonin in the brain. When gardening without gloves these beneficial microbes are absorbed and can act as an antidepressant. 

Dirty Hands can make you Happy!

Findings like this are no surprise to regular gardeners who describe the garden as their ‘happy place’, reporting stress relief and feeling less agitated as an immediate effect of gardening. It gives people responsibility and goals to work towards without the pressures of meeting deadlines or doing things perfectly. Within a garden there is also so much room for creativity!

Why not plant a field of paper daisies this Autumn? Now is the time to sow the seed as plants will grow slowly through the winter months, developing a strong root system and flower prolifically in spring!

Rhodanthe species

The physical benefits of gardening are anecdotally well known. People who have been involved in gardening programs report feeling fitter and healthier than those who don’t garden and it has been shown that vegetable gardeners are more likely to eat a diet high in fresh fruit and veggies. Amongst the elderly, improved wrist strength and balance have been demonstrated qualities in gardeners. 

Gardening can also have widespread social benefits. Whether it is being able to prepare a meal with homegrown produce for loved ones, share knowledge with other gardeners or meet people through community growing spaces, gardening can personally have a positive impact on our social wellbeing but also gives us the opportunity to create more resilient food systems and ecosystems in our community. 

Community Growing Spaces in the Illawarra

Thirroul Community Garden 

Woonona Community Garden

Green Connect Farm 

Dapto Community Farm

As well as looking after and educating ourselves gardening can help to look after and educate our kids – especially in a time when so many families are having to transition schooling into their own homes. Gardens are a place where children get to tangibly learn about natural processes and reap the physical and mental health benefits described in the paragraphs above. “Why try to explain miracles to your kids, when you can just have them plant a garden” Robert Brault

#bee attracting #clay soils #mental health #sit spot #understory planting #weeping habit #wellbeing #wind tolerant #yellow flowers

[hardwaresysx0]

the fact that people feel attraction to baldi characters makes me feel so confused. like okay but the. what? how

#ok maybe its bcuz im in a rut of not feeling any attraction #but still #therea re bees in her eyes/ref

[endofthe1980s]

ellis tweets about sean😮

#HOW HE PAIRS SEAN UP WITH TAYLOR LAUTNER?? UM HELLO? LOL? THIS IS COMEDY GOLD #march 10 was a sean type of day i see... (that's tomorrow!) #'patrick with sean? paul?' oh man. oh man. #post #the rules of attraction #bee #troa

[bumblingest-bee]

possibly the most sexually confusing moment of my life was getting winked at very charmingly by jamie jackson at the sweeney todd stage door after having watched him play judge turpin for the past two hours

#bee posts nonsense #sweeney todd #i started to tell him how good his performance was and he deadpanned “ohhh i know i was simply awful wasn't i” and winked #and i did not expect his real voice to be that attractive. my GOD

[gallawitchxx]

hi hello good afternoon, apparently i have a lot of feeling about this gifset--which shows mickey on the toilet being yelled at by mandy ("you know you're the reason that he left, so go find him."), next to mickey finding a glittering, feather boa-clad ian dancing on a john at the club--and apparently i am going to share them with you now:

there are a plethora of things at play here: a tangled web of nature and nurture, cruelty and circumstance. differing perceptions of reality. some bad behavior, sure. heartbreak, certainly. but there's a lot going on that can't just be boiled down to mickey hurt ian, so ian became a sex worker, the reality of which also hurts mickey.

still, the inciting incident is mickey getting married. publicly. after years of privately being with ian.

a door had been opened between them, and before that day, it had remained unlocked. yes, there were juvie stints and barbs thrown. mickey shut the door time and time again, but he also kept on knocking. barreling on through with brash bravado and a little bit of a death wish, too.

but his marriage put a lock on the door in a way there had never been before. not even immediately after they got caught by terry. ian had kept coming around, kept showing up, wanting to see if mickey was okay, wanting them to be in that experience together.

then, the wedding. oh god, the wedding. ian really thought his plan worked. he came in, he pleaded, he got through to him--mickey initiated the kiss, after all--and then he fucked him good and hard until mickey was pleased. he was so hopeful, smoking that cigarette, asking if the plan was to run away together...

and mickey'd said no. he said, no deal. he went upstairs and made a vow. picked a point of view. locked up the door between them, and swallowed the key. he might not have seen it that way ("if she's gonna be out there banging dudes, why can't i?"), but ian sure did. it was case closed.

so ian went to the army, where his mania only increased. he must've felt so out of control. so big, and yet so small. untethered. and when things got too wild, he went in the direction of tried and true, desperate to find something in drugs, and booze, and older men, and flashing lights, and desire. an openness maybe, too--an egregious flaunting of want--that had not only been denied to him before, but that he'd made to feel foolish and stupid to want. to need. to believe would be possible.

so sure. you could draw a pretty straight line from mickey's wedding to mickey finding ian in that club. but it's also a whole lot more devastating than just that. for this doesn't even account for the living hell that mickey was in being married to, and supposedly fathering a kid with, a woman that had been used by his own dad to violate him in the most hateful of ways; separated from the only person who'd ever known him and wanted him; and fucking trapped.

it's all so fucking sad.

it's also not even the middle of their story, let alone the end.

those fuckers end up together.

there's another wedding, too. one that's bright, and shiny, and mickey's in white, and everyone's smiling.

#ray said that he expected his queued post would disrupt the force but i don't think he had any idea that this would happen #i certainly didn't #ummmm thanks for reading??? #i'm gonna go hide in work #(why is it that when i'm the busiest i'm also the saddest and the horniest?) #((which makes ian & mickey even THAT much more attractive lolol)) #askfhalksfh #bye #shameless #ian x mickey #bee buzzes 🐝🤘🏼

[fantastic-artemis]

Me: happily awaiting good omens season 2, possible ineffable husbands canon, possible ineffable bureaucracy canon

Me: Thinking about The Ball and having a sudden clear image of Beelzebub walking out in a dress and makeup completely femmed up and THAT being framed as the thing that pushes Ineffable bureaucracy into into existence

#person who replied to my original post i will write u an essay later lol but like #the thing is its not like i dont want bee looking great in a dress but i know that it will be like aggressively straight or sterile bc #idk mainstream media #idk genderfucky bee is v close to my heart rn #and i need gabriel to see them not as a woman or man and still be attracted to them #real bad #like if this scene happens but they just put them in a nice suit and gabriel is loosing his shit in the corner i would cry real tears #im projecting here but got just #dont make Beelzebub Hot Woman Sexy i am on my knees #good omens #ineffable bureaucracy #gabriel #beelzebub #me