If you are an insect in hungry search of nourishment, Longmeadow seems to be the place to be. And that, beyond any plaudits from viewers, visitors or pundits, is the best measure of our garden.
I love to listen to the bees as they greedily go about their business, collecting pollen and nectar. The hives are in the orchard so the honeybees don’t have to travel far for food but there are hundreds – no, thousands – of different kinds of insect all over the garden, feeding busily and pollinating my plants.
It doesn’t just look nice – it gives me and my family limitless pleasure, which I know many of you share. But