birds around the garden
So many birds around here, it's such a delight to see and hear them. The mockingbirds are the first we hear early in the morning, and the...
Bees in the garden
Here is our friend Bombus vosnesenskii the Yellow-faced Bumble bee worker again, on a Sunshine blueberry stem. Such a cute, large fuzzy...
How to really save bees!
image by Megan E. Leach Great article from "The Humane Gardener"! http://www.humanegardener.com/how-to-really-save-the-bees/
Save our bees!
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/bees-03-01-2017.php
rain, sunshine and hail!
We've had a storm front from Alaska and it has been creating very interesting weather. First some light rain off and on yesterday. At...
Meanwhile in the backyard
There is a lot of transplanting and other plant organizing to do in the backyard. In the meantime, I just love to poke around there...
Digging, digging, and more digging
And what is this, you ask... Well, in an earlier post a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about transplanting some of our shrubs from larger...
How many Cedar waxwings do you see?
From our patio I observe the wildlife in our neighbor's coastal redwood tree. In the morning the tree is always full of birds. How many...
Bombus vosnesenskii visiting
How exciting to see this Yellow-faced Bumble Bee bombus vosnesenskii visiting our patio! Now when we have had a few sunny days, this bee...
