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...
Hello Painted Lady
This afternoon I was resting after adding grapeseed compost around some of our shrubs in the patio plant beds. And from the corner of my...
Many butterflies and bees still around
Now that it's October and it isn't peak blooming season for most plants, it's nice to see that we still have a lot of butterfly and bee...
What a great project!
This is one of the beautiful, larger than life murals by Brooklyn based-artist George Boorujy in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York....
Monarch caterpillars in the garden
We are still busy raising the last group of monarch caterpillars we brought indoors when they were just eggs on milkweed cuttings. We...
Ladybugs working hard around the patio
We had a pretty good-sized infestation of little orange aphids in the backyard, particularly on two of our larger narrow leaf milkweed...
Seven monarchs released this weekend
This past weekend we released a record amount of seven monarchs. Two females emerged and were released on Saturday afternoon. Two more...
Another lovely monarch female released
We released another monarch female two days ago. She eclosed around 8.30 am but wasn't ready to be released until after 2 pm. Sometimes...
Just hanging out with the honey bees
The honey bees were busy in so many different flowers this morning, it was such a pleasure to observe. Here is a honey bee taking a brief...
Borage plants and Bees
Borage is such a great plant. It provides nectar for pollinators all day long, replenishing its nectar every two minutes (!). I think...
