The Sapphire Salvia spires are blooming
The Sapphire Salvia plants are blooming and ready for the pollinators! Even before the blossoms opened up, bees and hummingbirds were...
The backyard is abloom!
This is the wonderful time of year when plants blossom again, and the pollinators are monitoring the development of their food sources....
Food for bees after the cutting of the lavatera
Honey bee in a nasturtium blossom This weekend we cut the lavatera tree down to the nubs to save it from the rust virus that had spread...
Amazing artichoke recipe by April Bloomfield
This is the best artichoke recipe I've ever tried so far. Yet another new taste experience inspired by April Bloomfield! Note: In April's...
Delicious veggie recipes by April Bloomfield
Crushed spring peas with mint, Pan-roasted carrots and asparagus with Carrot-Top Pesto and Burrata, with pan fried rock cod Last weekend...
Bees at work
It was very warm on Sunday May 1st, which meant a lot of bees out and about. Here are images of different bees in the garden on various...
Oak titmouse in the backyard
What luck to get this shot of the oak titmouse through our kitchen window! These birds are small, yet have very bold, elaborate calls and...
Happy May Day with the cabbage moth
A cabbage moth flitted around the garden today and lingered in a patch of native plants, sipping nectar and sunning itself. First it flew...
Oh no! Rust virus attacks the Lavatera shrub!
Well, the rust disease is attacking our lavatera shrub and this is not going to be a cheerful post. Lavatera is member of the mallow...
Honey bee and the orange blossom
A honey bee spent a few minutes on a blossom on the dwarf Valencia orange tree. It was very intent on getting everything it could out of...
