If you have ever had trouble growing certain vegetables like cucumbers in your garden, it may not be the soil that is the problem. It is more than likely that you don’t have a good [ … ]
So, you have planted your garden and are looking forward to eating all that fresh produce. Did you know that you can make your garden even more productive by planting flowers? That’s right, flowers. Attracting pollinators to [ … ]
When you think of attracting a super-pollinating machine to your backyard garden, you probably don’t instantly think of the mason bee. Most people think of the honeybee instead. But there is good reason for making [ … ]
Honeybees don’t just pollinate our orchards (apples, pears, peaches, plums, almonds, grapefruits, oranges, cherries), but they also pollinate berries (blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries) as well as onions, pumpkins, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelons and a host of [ … ]
Many of us who live off the grid have learned the benefits of organic gardening. We’ve rejected the destructive trend of the last 70 years, where the idea seemed to be one of destruction. The [ … ]
Einstein supposedly said, “If the bees disappeared from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.” Whether Einstein really said this has never been verified, but the [ … ]
Since about 2006, farmers, scientists, beekeepers, and casual observers have noticed sudden declines in bee populations. Beekeepers were seeing at least 30 percent of their bee populations die or disappear each year. Scientists began calling [ … ]
All gardens need to be pollinated, and bees are the usual suspects for this task. Unfortunately, they are seriously lacking in our gardens, as most of us live in urbanized areas. So let’s plant a [ … ]
Last time I talked about beneficial birds for use in gardening. Now let’s look at beneficial insects – more specifically, bees. Before you get out your fly swatter, you may want to reconsider your attitude [ … ]
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