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Beneficials in the Garden

August 20, 2020January 21, 2021 zadminImage

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

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What’s the “Buzz” About?

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 zadmin

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?

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Mason Bees are the Bee’s Knees

July 28, 2020August 17, 2020 zadmin1 Comment

    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

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Luring Bumblebees to Your Garden

July 17, 2020January 21, 2021 zadminLeave a comment

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

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