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...
First apricots of the season!
Yesterday there were apricots at our local Farmers' Market, the first of the season. We always go to the Frog Hollow stand to check the...
Happy Summer Solstice!
Honey bee flying in the lavatera shrub
Mid-flight to food
Yesterday I took this image of a cabbage moth flying to a patch of lobelia. These are some of the same lobelia plants I dug out of the...
Ray Hartman Ceanothus blooming again
The Ray Hartman ceanothus, also called California lilac, is native to California. It tolerates very dry conditions, and needs to grow in...
Sunflowers, summer treats for the bees
Delta Sunflower helianthus annuus Every year I buy a couple of sunflower seedlings from Annies Annuals as a treat for the bees. I have...
Bees on the Dwarf Indigo Spire
carpenter bee and honey bee on Dwarf Indigo Spire All day long this plant attracts and feeds the bees. It's truly an example of "if you...
Lemon Tree White Fly blight under control!
Honey bee on Lisbon lemon blossoms As you may remember from one of my early April posts, we discovered that the beloved lemon tree was...
Blueberries are ripening with the aid of a plant nanny!
Here is one of the first ripe Sunshine blueberries on our bush! We were worried for a while last month since we're really cutting back on...
More plants to grow to feed the bees and other pollinators this summer!
Cranberry cosmos, a member of the cosmos bipinnatus family, note the honeybee feeding on nectar in the center of the flower Cosmos are...
