Leave the Leaves
Where do insects and other invertebrates go for the winter? Read here: https://xerces.org/leave-the-leaves?fbclid=IwAR0dhHRvx7HZpZeyFVcGV...
Leave the leaves!
Don't mulch your leaves! Just leave them where they fall or gently move them to the side.
Please grow a native habitat for birds
How to grow a habitat for them? Check this link https://www.audubon.org/magazine/winter-2022/winter-time-sow-native-seeds?fbclid=IwAR11g4...
Who is in the garden?
The garden is now in autumn phase, most of the native plants preparing for winter sleep, but some, including all of the buckwheat, island...
Termite Terminator
Yesterday's rain created a nice environment for termite eggs to hatch. This morning, we wondered at first what were all the little bugs...
Lovely Autumn Visitors
There are still a lot of insect activity in the back field, especially little butterflies. This Vivid Dancer male was a wonderful...
Summer Long-horned bees still here!
I don't remember seeing Long-Horned bees visiting our current and previous gardens so late in the season. Usually they are gone by the...
Insect Extinction
Illustration by Armando Veve Very important article! Please read https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/where-have-all-the-insects...
Gum plants still blooming...
... And there's a lot of activity going on. For example, I took this photo of a Leafcutting bee on one of the gum plant flowers. I didn't...
Dragonflies
For some reason we have several kinds of dragonflies flying through the garden every day, as long as the sun is shining. Apparently they...
