Flower + Pollinator = Fruit (or Vegetable)
We've all had some kind of science class in elementary school where we learned the basics botany including plant anatomy, using a flower...
More about the palm leaf wood chips...
Closeup of palm leaf wood chips covering soil in the Sunshine blueberry container pot In yesterday's post I mentioned that I cut up the...
Patiently waiting...
Sunshine blueberries in front are developing, while future blueberries further back on the branch are still blossoms You may remember...
April showers...
Nasturtium ......bring spring flowers! Hooray! It rained again. Just when some of the nasturtiums were looking like they were on the...
Dry farming
from the Sonoma County Gazette No, this is not an April Fool's prank! This really is a type of farming in semi-arid areas where there is...
Honeybees and the ceanothus shrub
As I posted last week, the main attraction for bees in the garden right now is the Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. In the above photo is...
Busy pollinators and some of their favorite plants
Cabbage moth on nasturtium leaves There is a bustle of activity in the garden, with pollinators such as cabbage moths, hummingbirds and...
Gobbling up those blossoms
Well....here's one of the bushtits eating the cape honeysuckle blossoms. Most of the birds that frequent our garden love this shrub that...
Conserving water
rainwater cistern We have always tried to conserve water as much as possible, but last December, when we actually had some rainstorms, we...
Ah, ceanothus, our native bee magnet!
The Ray Hartman ceanothus in our garden is in full bloom now, and is absolutely gorgeous with bluish purple blossoms. A native...
