Look who decided to rest on a nasturtium leaf
What an unusual sight - this plump little monarch caterpillar was resting on the leaf of a small nasturtium plant growing next to the...
Anna's hummingbird and the Abutilon shrub
There is a section of the garden beds on the patio where the plants are specifically for our local hummingbirds. The Abutilon "Red...
Yellow-faced bumble bee moving pollen
Last weekend while I was checking out the native plants, something suddenly plopped down in front of me. It was this Yellow-Faced Bumble...
Climbing Carolina Aster in bloom
And just like clockwork, the Climbing Carolina Aster Ampelaster carolinianus is starting to bloom again. This nonnative perennial vine...
Hermit thrush in the birdbath
Well look who is having a great time in the birdbath, a hermit thrush. It may be the same bird I saw in the morning in our neighbor's...
Still releasing monarchs
What a lovely female monarch. We released her a couple of days ago a few hours after she emerged from her chrysalis. So far we've...
As long as there is nectar
Even though a lot of plants are going dormant, we still have bees and butterfly visitors in the garden every day. As long as there are...
Natural sculptures
This weekend we purchased several pumpkins to carve for Halloween. And then I saw these. Doesn't this squash look just like the profile...
Well that didn't take long
When we went to Annies Annuals last weekend to buy "a few plants", I couldn't resist a Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis' China Rose plant. I...
Gardening is always a learning process
I planted the Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII' as a 4" small seedling in early Spring of last year. As a California native, it would...
