GREAT HERBS FOR BEES

With enough sun, most herbs are really easy to grow – they will grow like weeds in the right circumstances and you’ll find new ones popping up to replace the ones that are reaching the end of their cycle. You have to resist the temptation to trim off all the flowers and leave at least half behind so you get the seeds to allow the plant to continue, and of course provide pollen and nectar for the beneficial insects.

SWEET BASIL (Ocimum basilicum)

This is one of those plants that you’re taught to pinch