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Big Pollinator Habitat Project

I haven't posted much within the past month because we moved to another house. After the grueling move to another house (same street, but...

And now they are chrysalides

So far, we have discovered two monarch chrysalides around the patio. This one attached itself to the bottom lip of a large flower pot....

Create a pollinator habitat in your own yard

Getty Images Here is a great article about sustainable landscaping https://theweek.com/feature/briefing/1015382/sustainable-landscapinghe...

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....

Mama Monarch encounters Monarch caterpillar

Mama monarch was making the rounds of milkweed plants, laying eggs. Then she encountered a very large monarch caterpillar, minding its...

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...

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...

Gardeners have a very important role in the conservation and future of ecosystems and species

A must read! Let Douglas Tallamy inspire you to be part of the change! Read more here https://vnps.org/book-review-natures-best-hope-by-d...

Native plants instead of a lawn!

One of our first Monarch caterpillars this year

Here is one of several Monarch caterpillars currently munching on our milkweed. This one is on the leaf of a native Showy milkweed. The...

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bees in the bay breeze

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Big Pollinator Habitat Project

And now they are chrysalides

Create a pollinator habitat in your own yard

Butterfly weather and California Buckwheat

Mama Monarch encounters Monarch caterpillar

It's official. The monarch butterfly is endangered

Bolinas rancher helps to bring back Monarch butterflies

Gardeners have a very important role in the conservation and future of ecosystems and species

Native plants instead of a lawn!

One of our first Monarch caterpillars this year

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...