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Flowers For Bees

Something I Overlooked: This year will be my second year as a beekeeper and hopefully I will do a better job than my freshman year.  At this moment I just hope the bees survive this roller coaster winter.  I know there are still some bees in the hive since I’ve seen dead bees on fresh snow all the time.  I would consider it a small … Continue reading Flowers For Bees

P&BJanuary 21, 2013January 21, 20134 Comments

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Garlic! I fed them last weekend and they are doing well despite the up and down temperatures. This year I added Italian, Ukrainian, and German to my usual Siberian garlic. Siberian garlic seems to do well in my garden. #garlic #siberiangarlic #growyourowngarlic #growyourownfood #growyourownherbs #organicgarlic #growinggarlicorganically #herb #growinggarlic #backyardveggies #growyourownvegetables #organicveggies
More Hellebores! Hellebore is a great naturalized plant for the area that you want green year round. It’s easily self sow, cold hardy, need little care and a great pollinators food source in late winter/early spring. #hellebore #helleborus #springgarden #perennials #backyardgarden #pollinatorgardens #easytogrowplants #flowersforpollinators #coldhardyplants
This open-pollinated Hellebore bloomed for the first time this spring. As I mentioned in the earlier post: when you let nature do her job, you’re in for a surprise. #hellebore #helleborus #springflowers #perennial #perennialgarden #backyardgarden #springgarden #flowersforpollinators #pollinatorfriendly #openpollinated #organicgardening #pollinatorfriendlygarden #coldhardyflowers #coldhardyplants
Ok, it’s clean. I’ll take this one 😁Tree Swallows checking out bird boxes. There will be a fight between the Tree Swallows and the Bluebirds in the coming weeks since there are more birds than nest boxes. #treeswallow #migratorybirds #songbirds #wildbirds #backyardbirds #birdfriendlygarden #birdphotography #birdfriendly #birdbox #nestbox
It’s spring, over 50F and sunny. Do you know where your pruners and clippers are? It’s a time to prune roses when their buds just come out. I sealed the cut with lime paste to ward off insects that want to make a home in there. 19 roses are done, some more to go, then feeding time!#prunner #rosegarden #rosecare #backyardgarden #growingroses #growingroseorganically #rose #prunningroses #pruneroses #springgardenchores
Tree Swallows are here! The kids are home early this year so I have to shift my priority from pruning roses to cleaning our bird boxes. They need clean houses to raise their kids. 🐦 😁#treeswallow #migratorybirds #birdsofnorthamerica #backyardbirds #wildbirds #songbird #birdfriendly #birdfriendlygarden #birdphotography

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Sweet pea-King Tut
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A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
Mason bee on Yarrow
Mason bee on Yarrow
Blue Jay
Blue Jay
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Peony
Peony
Tree Swallow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Woodland phlox
Woodland phlox
Pileated Woodpecker
May 10-All five eggs have hatched
May 10-All five eggs have hatched
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Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
Tuberrose
Tuberrose
Morning glory
Morning glory
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Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
This one taking nectar from Zinnia
This one taking nectar from Zinnia
Honeybee on Summersweet
Honeybee on Summersweet
Geranium 'Tango Violet', though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
Geranium ‘Tango Violet’, though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
Rose 'MM. Isaac'
Rose ‘MM. Isaac’
Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia 'Prairie Glow'
Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’
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