Participate in the 2021-22 Symbolic Monarch Migration
You too, can participate! https://mailchi.mp/9f1d25a824c2/the-2021-22-symbolic-migration-season-opens?e=c1637d8979&fbclid=IwAR2-YRhgj5TKt...
Saving the Monarchs
Monarch butterfly on a flowerhead of our Seacliff Buckwheat Eriogonum parvifolium plant. A plan called Monarch Head Start has now...
Monarch caterpillars still munching on our milkweed
We are trying hard to help the monarch population by growing some native milkweed plants in large pots around our patio. And my main...
Sleeping Summer Long-horned bees
Ooh, here they are! Summer Long-horned bees Melissodes robustior (Apidae) sleeping in a California Delta sunflower. Note how the one on...
Summer Long-Horned Bee on California Delta Sunflower
This bee, a Summer Long-Horned male Melissodes robustior (Apidae), is one of the main reasons why I plant California Delta sunflowers...
A Checkered White
I've never seen a Checkered White butterfly Pontia protodice before. It was visiting our native patch a few days ago. At first I thought...
Monarch caterpillars munching
At last! I haven't posted anything about monarch caterpillars this year, until now. Monarch mamas have been visiting the garden often...
Monarch butterfly visiting Delta sunflower
This is always the best part of growing sunflowers, especially native sunflowers. A visit from a monarch butterfly! As I mentioned in a...
The California Delta Sunflowers are in bloom
The California Delta sunflowers are now in bloom. Every year I plant seedlings that I buy from Annies Annuals https://www.anniesannuals.c...
Check out the latest project by Ink Dwell Studios
The Migrating Mural is a series of murals that highlight animals that migrate along corridors they share with humans within the North...
