Planting wildflowers
With all of this early spring rain, I can't think of a better time to start strewing those wildflower seeds. Recently I received as a...
rain storms and the garden
Yesterday afternoon, in the midst of the rainstorm, I decided to check out the garden. Just outside of our back door we have a clematis...
Guess what this is...
A "Wild Cotton" milkweed seed pod. I suddenly noticed the pod while walking around the backyard the other day. It is about 1 1/2 inches...
Honey bee pollinating Sunshine blueberry blossoms
Honey bee approaching a blueberry blossom How wonderful to see a honey bee visiting the Sunshine blueberry bush. This means we'll have...
Splish splash, two bushtits in the bath
What a delight it was to observe not one, but two brown-eyed bushtits in the birdbath. Although we have seen groups of bushtits hopping...
Male carpenter bee and the Mexican salvia
The carpenter bees have been back in the garden for a couple of weeks now. I've only noticed male carpenter bees, who seem to be...
Heavy drops of dew
Borage blossoms and buds covered with dew Yesterday morning the dew in the garden was quite amazing. It looked as if it had rained...
Honey bee moving pollen to its baskets
On Sunday, while standing in the garden, I noticed a honey bee land on a leaf of the tree lavaterra. I noticed that it had some pollen on...
sunshine and blooms for the bees
honey bee on lavender blossom The lavender hedge looks best at this time of year. With winter rains and cooler weather the hedge always...
Meanwhile in the backyard...
Bush peony "eyes" sprouting stalks During the winter, since most of the plants in containers are dormant, I don't pay much notice to what...
