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Native bees need native plants, native plants need native bees

A free online book to share with kids and teach others about our 4,000 species of North American Bees! Click here:...

Plant Native!

Join your native plant society today! https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/new-smithsonian-study-links-declines-suburban-backyard-birds-presen...

Learn about the fascinating mason bees!

My photo of a green mason bee in a California Alba poppy Watch this great video about mason bees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IZdjii...

All green after the rains

Here is our front yard today. After the lovely rains we experienced a couple of weeks ago the main native patch is lusher than ever. The...

More reasons to create a "wild area" in your yard

Be a hero and leave the leaves, gently putting your unraked leaves in a pile, creating a "wild space" for pollinators and other insects...

Feed Caterpillars for more Butterflies

Check here for your native plant societies in your area of North America http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/native-plant-societies-in-nort...

Between the rains

Today is another rainy day, gray and misty. It's hard to believe that just yesterday several monarch butterflies visited the garden...

Monarch Migration

Newly emerged monarch in the garden

Timing is everything! Three weeks ago the last monarch caterpillar on our native milkweed grew large and plump and disappeared to find a...

Wow! A rare butterfly saved from extinction

Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History Here is an excellent article from Florida about restoring habitat and the cost of saving a...

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bees in the bay breeze

For years I have been sharing ideas, gardening tips and recipes with family, friends and colleagues.

And now I'd like to share them with you!

bees in the bay breeze

bees in the bay breeze is a blog that features musings about nature,

organic gardening and food for a changing planet

Native bees need native plants, native plants need native bees

Plant Native!

Learn about the fascinating mason bees!

All green after the rains

More reasons to create a "wild area" in your yard

Feed Caterpillars for more Butterflies

Between the rains

Monarch Migration

Newly emerged monarch in the garden

Wow! A rare butterfly saved from extinction

bees in the bay breeze

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Some pollinator and native plant observations in our garden

Mosquito spraying kills beneficial insects

Birds in the Baths

Summer Long-horned male bees asleep

August Colors in the Garden

Sleeping bees

Mylitta Crescent balancing

Happy Pollinator Week!

The California natives are flourishing

The Summer Long-horned bees are here!

Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees

Dragonflies in the garden

Happy World Bee Day!

Leave the Leaves!

Yay! Wool Carder Bees are here

Bird Migration Alert. Lights Out!

The butterflies are arriving

These Spring Sunsets

Why leave dried stalks in your garden? Here's why...