Nothing is brighter or more uplifting on a cool spring morning then to gather cut flowers to bring inside. You can have luscious bouquets by growing hardy annuals yourself from seed. Most hardy annuals need to be started from seed as they are not usually available for purchase at you garden centers. It’s easier then… Continue reading Growing Cool Season Annuals
Spring bulbs are among the first flower to bloom in Spring. But in order to enjoy them in the spring some work needs to be done in Fall. Every summer I peruse the internet and catalogs and look for more bulbs to add to my garden. I chose a reputable source who carries bulbs in… Continue reading Have the First Spring Flowers
Beneficial Insects and Birds for Natural Pest Control Ok, so you’ve put down the pesticide spray, the food your garden produces is much safer to eat, but what that eating my cabbage? What’s defoliating my tomato plants? Pests! The non-native cabbage white butterflies you see flitting about your garden, sipping nectar from your flowers, well,… Continue reading Beneficials in the Garden
You may be hearing buzzing around your tomato or blueberry plants, that buzzing is the sound of “buzz pollination”. Your Garden is humming with activity, but what’s with that buzz? That buzzing is the sound of bumblebees pollinating your plants. The fuzzy bumblebees are looking for nectar and pollen. When a bumblebee comes to visit… Continue reading What’s the “Buzz” About?
Mason Bees, the Hardest Working Bees for your Vegetable Garden How can Mason bees save our food supply and our edible gardens? Bee-hold the answer- Mason bees. The female mason bees do most of the pollination. Each gentle, solitary Mason bee pollinates an estimated 99% of the flowers it visits. That adds up… Continue reading Mason Bees are the Bee’s Knees
Here’s how we can fix that! When our backyards are devoid of pollinators, the vegetables and fruit that we planted don’t make as much produce as they could. How do we remedy this? Read on! Would you like a bountiful harvest of cucumbers, squash, zucchini, or pumpkins? As we all have heard, our pollinator population… Continue reading Not Enough Hanky-Panky in Your Backyard?
Many of us have noticed a decline in the bee populations in our gardens. Perhaps you were hoping for a bigger vegetable or fruit harvest? Invite pollinators into your yard by putting down pesticides and herbicides! Once you can live with some clover in your grass, bumblebees will be drawn to your yard and sip… Continue reading Luring Bumblebees to Your Garden
