The monarchs are here!
I can't believe it, we already have some monarch caterpillars on a couple of our Narrow Leaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis plants. A...
"Portrait of a Garden" by Rosie Stapel
I just watched this film today and found it very meditative, and informative. To paraphrase Jan Freriks, the 86 year old master pruner, ...
Here comes the honey bee, straight for a Blue Thimble flower globe
It so much fun to observe bees and butterflies visiting native plants in our garden. Here is a honey bee heading straight for a Blue...
Rolling in the pollen
The California alba poppies are getting their second round of leaves and blossoms of the season. And look who is literally rolling in the...
Wow! Very hard-working Ladybugs in the garden
Look what I discovered on the same Lupinus arboreus "Yellow Coastal Bush Lupine" where I discovered ladybugs hard at work eating aphids...
Hairstreak Butterfly on the Ribes
How delightful to spot in our native plant garden my first hairstreak butterfly Satyrium californica of the year. I was quietly sitting...
In honor of Oceans Day
A great article from Hakai Magazine (this photo is the header for the article): https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/for-oceans-d...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee visiting Margarita Bop Blossoms
The yellow faced bumble bee bombus vosnesenskii spent time with the Margarita Bop penstemon blossoms. This native plant is only one of...
Bees and Lambs Ears
All of the lambs ears plants that I planted as little seedlings one and a half years ago, started to produce inflorescences a month ago....
Native plants blooming now in our garden
Such a wonderful time of year with plants blooming all over! We have several of these Sisyrinchium bellum ‘North Coast’“Blue-Eyed-Grass”...
