Yay! Wool Carder Bees are here
If you ever want to see Wool Carder bees Anthidium in action, plant Lambs Ears Stachys. I used to enjoy observing these industrious bees...
The butterflies are arriving
Hooray! Now that Spring bloom is beginning and the garden is lush after all that winter and early spring rain, the butterflies are back....
Why leave dried stalks in your garden? Here's why...
Here are three mosaic darners resting in the sun on a dried fennel stalk in our garden. I took this photo yesterday, and am very excited...
Some stem-nesting bees don't emerge until the summer
If you can LEAVE the leaves and stems permanently. Your plants will produce new growth and blooms around the old stems. Click on the...
Pollinators visit between the Rivers of Rain
As you probably have heard or read in the news, California is getting a lot of rain, and a few days ago in our area of Northern...
Now, more than ever, it's important to plant native!
Very alarming development! https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/world/flower-self-fertilization-pollinator-decline-scn/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3k...
Olive Tree in the winter
I'm always so happy to see our European fruiting olive tree producing fruit. This occurs every other year, but you just can't assume that...
Help Nature
More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00665-7?fbclid=IwAR3cq96itaJJw9hUa7m0kw5BmwEjulfjvwnd3PFeX0Mn5W4FbEBhguNYovU...
Leave the Leaves
Where do insects and other invertebrates go for the winter? Read here: https://xerces.org/leave-the-leaves?fbclid=IwAR0dhHRvx7HZpZeyFVcGV...
Leave the leaves!
Don't mulch your leaves! Just leave them where they fall or gently move them to the side.
