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....
A lovely video about Maria Sibylla Merian
One of the most significant contributors to entomology.
Saving birds' lives
Illustrator: Cathryn Virginia A great solution to helping save birds from crashing into buildings: bird-safe glass....
It's official. The monarch butterfly is endangered
Monarch butterflies cluster at the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary to begin their wintering in Pacific Grove, Calif., in 2021. (Melina...
Just sayin'
Read more here https://homegrownnationalpark.org/tallamys-hub-1?fbclid=IwAR1kYonrC1AZ4uejyrH1wr3Zw-yjxCNTiw26QWgEunuQTCNwMLS4JBOblbg
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...
Bolinas rancher helps to bring back Monarch butterflies
https://youtu.be/KqMsgACFnlk A rancher in Bolinas, California is creating a butterfly habitat to help the Monarch population as well as...
Ants are pollinators
Plants’ seeds feed the ants and the ants plant the seeds. It's that simple.
Summer Long-Horned Bees are back
Yay! They are back! Every year I plant sunflowers from seedlings for pollinators. And I have to admit that the main pollinators I have in...
