Organic farmer David Mas Masumoto documentary on PBS!
If you ever see Masumoto farm fruit in your grocery store, you MUST buy some! I bought some of their nectarines last week, and they were...
More nests around the garden
Now that we discovered the hummingbird with her nest in the fig tree, I'm noticing more and more nesting activity around the garden. Up...
Birds nesting around the garden
I haven't posted much about bird observations this spring, aside from sightings of the hooded oriole nesting in the palm tree, and the...
More food for the pollinators
The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have been sipping at the nectar of the Sapphire Blue salvia plants for the past few weeks. Some of...
Vegetables are growing
Although I have been growing vegetables in containers in the backyard every year for the past 16 years or so, I still get very excited...
Enjoying lavender nectar
Sunday was a very warm day, great weather for the bees and butterflies. Cabbage moths are very lovely creatures, with paper thin wings,...
Hummingbird nesting in the fig tree
This afternoon while in the house I heard an interesting bird song, and got my camera to try to get an image of the bird. I saw a bird...
Season of growth
It 's my favorite time of year when plants produce blossoms and the bees are abuzz. Unfortunately, so far I haven't had my camera with me...
Busy day on the Sapphire Salvia
Monday, Memorial Day, was a very busy day on the Sapphire Salvia plants. Bees were on there all day, sometimes both carpenter bees and...
Even dried clematis blossoms are beautiful
It's only the last day of May, and the clematis plant is already drying up. I just let the blossoms alone for a while to develop seed...
