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...
Leafcutting Bee carrying a big Piece of Leaf
Leafcutting Bee female with the piece it cut from a leaf, resting on a yew hedge From the corner of my eye, I caught some movement in...
Satyr Anglewing visiting
This is a first for us. A Satyr Anglewing Polygonia satyrus visited our backyard. I had never seen one before, let alone in our own...
More buckwheat!!!
Yellow-faced bumble bee flying around Ella Nelson's Yellow Nude buckwheat With our ongoing drought conditions, I've come to the...
Pokeweed?
We have a tall pokeweed growing next to our native garden. It planted itself there, probably seeds deposited by a bird, a couple of years...
