The anti-lawn movement is taking off
(Image credit: Garfotos/Alamy Stock Photo) A great article about how gardeners are leaving their yards to Mother Nature:...
Create a pollinator habitat in your own yard
Getty Images Here is a great article about sustainable landscaping https://theweek.com/feature/briefing/1015382/sustainable-landscapinghe...
Summer Long-Horned bee hotel
I have been checking every evening at sunset the Pozo Blue sage to see how many Summer Long-Horned male bees are sleeping on the dried...
Moths are bird food
There are far more moths than butterflies, and there is a lot of moth activity at night in your garden. Here is a great article from the...
Butterfly weather and California Buckwheat
If you stand very still in your garden, even if for five minutes, you can observe so much garden activity that you could otherwise miss....
Summer Long Horned Bees sleeping
Late morning yesterday I discovered these two male Summer Long Horned bees sleeping on a dried flowerhead of one of the Pozo Blue sage...
Mama Monarch encounters Monarch caterpillar
Mama monarch was making the rounds of milkweed plants, laying eggs. Then she encountered a very large monarch caterpillar, minding its...
Just sayin'
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We need more bugs. Lots of bugs.
Check out your native plant society: http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/native-plant-societies-in-north-america.html?fbclid=IwAR1KjBOB-WPF...
Sleeping Bee
This morning there were a lot of damp surfaces in the garden and on porch railings, remainders of our wonderful Bay Area fog. I decided...
