American robin in the redwood tree
My first sighting of an American robin in our garden! While observing bees in the ceanothus, I heard a distinctly different bird call in...
Happy Easter from busy bees
What a beautiful sight! Bees all over the blooming Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. How many honey bees do you see in this picture? When I...
Blooming in the rain
There are so many wonderful surprises popping up around the garden, now. There are now several Turkish poppy plants growing in some of...
Backyard blooms for the pollinators
The hummingbird salvia is starting to bloom. The blossoms are such a vivid magenta color, that they add a pop of brightness to the...
Out of the pots and into the mud
With all of this rain, especially steady soft rain, it's a great time to transplant from pots to the ground. There is no danger of frost,...
between the rainstorms
On Sunday, before it started to rain again, I observed this honey bee enjoying the nectar of borage blossoms. It flew from blossom ... to...
Planting wildflowers
With all of this early spring rain, I can't think of a better time to start strewing those wildflower seeds. Recently I received as a...
Male carpenter bee and the Mexican salvia
The carpenter bees have been back in the garden for a couple of weeks now. I've only noticed male carpenter bees, who seem to be...
Heavy drops of dew
Borage blossoms and buds covered with dew Yesterday morning the dew in the garden was quite amazing. It looked as if it had rained...
Honey bee moving pollen to its baskets
On Sunday, while standing in the garden, I noticed a honey bee land on a leaf of the tree lavaterra. I noticed that it had some pollen on...
