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Activity In The Front “Lawn” Frogfruit
There is Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) in the front lawn area, outside of the native flower meadow area. In that location, it’s mixed with Bermudagrass and lies close to the ground. There are a lot of blooms at the moment (they are short enough to escape the mower), and the quantity and diversity of insect visitors Continue reading
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Lunch At The Pollinator Garden
We have a bench in our front porch, which faces east. So this is a favorite place for me to eat afternoon meals if I want shade, or morning meals if I want sun. Even in mid-November, here in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a, there are still plenty of plants in my little pollinator garden Continue reading
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The New Fall Aster Is Open And Ready For Business
I only planted a Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) a week ago, and already since then it has burst into bloom and is being visited by pollinators. In the upper left of the photograph above is a bee, genus Megachile. Most, although not all, of these bees cut small pieces of leaf to line their nests, Continue reading
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Is This Bee Home, Or Just Resting?
One morning when I was walking past the wood pile, I noticed a lot of bee activity. I had seen bees before flying to the inside of the pile, where I presumed they were living but couldn’t see. This time I happened to notice several bees nestled into holes on the outside of the pile. Continue reading
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Happy Plant, Happy Bee
The Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye continues to impress me for its longevity in flowering, and drought resistance — I have not watered it all summer. When I look at it, there is almost always some insect visitor. This time there was a foraging bee. Continue reading
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Frogfruit On The Wood Pile
When I first formed the wood pile a few months ago, I filled one cavity with soil and planted a Frogfruit there. It has happily started to ramble over and around the pile. Ants must certainly be living in the wood pile; they are everywhere else. But I have also seen bees fly in and Continue reading
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My Pollen Baskets Are Full
Usually my first stop in the morning is to visit the native grasses and watch the busy bees for a few minutes. They’re hard to photograph, because once they land on a flimsy grass stem, then everything swings around wildly. Here’s one I managed to catch, though, with bulging yellow pollen baskets. I am not Continue reading
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Bees Feed On Grasses, Too
This little episode was a lot more fun to watch than photograph. There was a small bee collecting pollen at a patch of native grasses and with all of the bee and grass motion in the wind, I was having a hard time capturing everything in focus. Here’s my best attempt. Back in May I Continue reading
About Me
Nature Lover.
Inquisitive Observer.
Student Gardener.
I invite you to join me on my journey to convert my sterile (from a nature point of view) new house lot to a healthy and diverse ecosystem, as I make discoveries, mistakes, and hopefully progress. I am not an expert or professional. The project started in February 2023 and the location is Seguin, Texas, USA.
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