Turn your yard into an ecological oasis
Photo by Toni Genberg A great article by Tyler Wells Lynch https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/02/07/yard-sustainability-native-...
House Finches nesting on our drainpipe
The house finches are back! Although these finches can be seen throughout the year in parts of the Bay Area, they always arrive in our...
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee and a California Poppy
Oh what a lovely sight! California poppies are blooming in the yard and the Yellow-faced bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii are back,...
Wild, not Tame
Photo: Claire Takacs Great article on Forbes website about more interest in developing environmental friendly gardens:...
Butterflies are back!
Hooray, it's Spring! The front yard is bright with native plants in shades of purple, lavender and orange. Shortly after the blooming...
First sighting ever of a Western Bluebird in the garden
Photo by Brooke Miller/Macaulay Library This afternoon I happened to look out the living room window and saw a bird perched on a tall...
Native milkweed plants awakening
Oh, don't you love Spring? I've been monitoring our native milkweed pots for the past few weeks, wondering if the milkweed plants that...
Native bees out and about
Here they are! A Black Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus approaches a cluster of Ray Hartman ceanothus blossoms. Note the yellow...
Spring is here
Birds are singing and building nests, while some of the native bees are emerging from their nests. Fortunately our native plants are...
