The American Lady butterfly
An American Lady butterfly Vanessa virginiensis spent a lot of time on the patio visiting flowers for nectar. I haven't seen it on cosmos...
More monarch caterpillars, oh my!
Look what I found on one of our Narrow Leaf Milkweed plants this morning. I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered this monarch...
How to attract hundreds of pollinators to your garden
After developing a mostly native plant garden in our current home, I now know which are the prime plants that will attract local...
The Wool Carder Bee
Last Sunday we had beautiful weather. As you know from my posts, that day we released a female monarch butterfly a few days after she...
Monarch butterfly raised and released
Success again! Here is a female monarch butterfly that emerged from its chrysalis two days ago. Today we released the female monarch...
Gulf Fritillary already emerged
As you know from my August posts, a we were anticipating the emergence of a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Agraulis vanillae from its...
Those rascal Wool Carder Bees
Every day we have Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum visitors in both the front native garden and around the patio. The males are very...
Keeping the bird baths filled with water
Fortunately the heatwave broke a week ago, and we are back to normal Bay Area September temperatures. That means usually low 80's...
Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies
Now we are seeing a lot of butterflies around the garden, both in the native garden area and patio. They are always so lovely, flitting...
Bees love the dahlias
Earlier this summer I purchased a dahlia plant, "Bishop's Children" because the blossoms are so lovely. Because the colors vary, and...
