Sleeping bees
Late spring and early summer is when so much happens in the garden. After a heatwave week, our high temperatures are now around 70, at...
Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees
It's so hard to photograph digger bees because they dart around so quickly, hardly landing anywhere for more than a nano-second. It was a...
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...
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...
Leave the leaves!
Don't mulch your leaves! Just leave them where they fall or gently move them to the side.
Don't spray mosquitoes
Please remember this! Read about an excellent alternative to spraying here: https://ui.charlotte.edu/story/try-%E2%80%98bucket-doom%E2%80...
Moths are Pollinators, too
Don't forget that moths are pollinators, too! It's so important to turn off all unnecessary exterior nighttime lights because the light...
Sleeping in the garden
Because I'm so thrilled that our garden has become a Bed & Breakfast for Summer Long-horned male bees, every evening and morning for the...
