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...
Who is in the garden?
The garden is now in autumn phase, most of the native plants preparing for winter sleep, but some, including all of the buckwheat, island...
Lovely Autumn Visitors
There are still a lot of insect activity in the back field, especially little butterflies. This Vivid Dancer male was a wonderful...
Summer Long-horned bees still here!
I don't remember seeing Long-Horned bees visiting our current and previous gardens so late in the season. Usually they are gone by the...
Insect Extinction
Illustration by Armando Veve Very important article! Please read https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/where-have-all-the-insects...
Gum plants still blooming...
... And there's a lot of activity going on. For example, I took this photo of a Leafcutting bee on one of the gum plant flowers. I didn't...
Pollinators in the garden
From morning to evening, our pollinators are so fascinating to observe. Here is a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee sipping nectar from a Pozo Blue...
Will you help baby birds?
Insect food is required by nearly 100% of baby birds to survive. Moth caterpillars are a key food. Plant keystone native plants and just...
Bee Bed & Breakfast
One of the biggest compliments a gardener can get - bees sleeping in the garden. Last year was the first time we observed Summer...
Hot spots in the garden
Oh my! We have never had so many Summer Long-horned bees visit any of our previous gardens, as we do now. There are some native plants...
