Honey bee and a borage plant
Honey bee approaching a borage flower I always look forward to seeing fuzzy borage plants, also known as starflower plants, appear in the...
Time to buy native, drought tolerant plants that will feed our pollinators!
California Poppies eschscholzia californica, the official State flower! This the month to buy your plant seedlings! And early May is when...
Evening bird activity in the garden
Since this was a warm evening I tried to capture some images of bird activity in the garden. We always hear so many birds singing,...
New plants for the pollinators in the garden
Dwarf Blue Indigo Salvia, behind on the left is a small chive plant, to the right a sage plant with edible leaves used in cooking and...
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour 2015!
Don't forget that this Sunday May 3rd is the annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour 2015 for all of you living in the Bay Area! So...
Another honey bee gathering and concentrating pollen on its body
Peek- a - boo! I observed another honey bee gathering pollen off its head to concentrate the pollen. This time it is on a Marmalade Skies...
Welcome rain!
Dwarf Blue Sapphire salvia after the Friday night/Saturday morning rain The 4 hours of rain on Friday night through early Saturday...
More self-seeded seedlings to transplant
Tree mallow (lavatera maritima) seedling growing through concrete And here was another surprise from the past weekend. A lavatera...
Time for planting!
Abutilon "Chinese lantern" flowers, a hummingbird favorite, along the driveway Well, you have to admit that when you see plants that were...
More of "Flower + Pollinator = Fruit (or Vegetable)"
One of our heroes - a honeybee feasting on the English lavender we have growing in big pots in the backyard. Got to keep their favorite...
