Category: Garden

The Honey Bee and Bumblebee seem to get a lot of attention, but we should not forget about other Native Pollinators. Single representatives of the Mason bee, orchard bee, and Green Sweat Bee each do more work that an independent Honey Bee. They are not showy, and don’t makes sweet treats for us, but they keep the flowers blooming.

This week we had a lot of rain. We didn’t get many chances to get out and explore. Fortunately, we found some Honey Bee action on our deck. At first the kids were a little worried about the wings and stingers, but once we started talking about honey they were on board. We started watching the flowers and that’s how the cucumbers get pollinated!

Tonight, while on our family walk, we discovered some mutant dandelions. We had the perfect combination of the school not mowing the lawn, and the dandelions going to seed. We noticed the stem of one of the dandelions was actually a fusion of two.

I am always looking for projects to do with my daughter. We still have seeds that we bought for her garden, so instead of waiting for another month to plant them outside we decided to start them inside. I am sure…

We many have read Frog and Toad too many times. For the last four days my daughter had been sitting on the kitchen floor reading reading our seeds stories, poems, and even drawing them pictures.

Our daughter always wants to help Mom and Dad. For countless reasons this makes us happy… but there are some times we don’t really need toddler help. An example of this is the family garden. Now my parents had us…