Feeding the Bees

Zinnias are a favorite for the bees

Feeding the Bees—and not only the bees.  Lots of other little garden helpers like nectar and pollen too.  In the heat of summer, everything in the garden is still unless you look closer.  There you will see many different kinds of good bugs “making hay” while the sun shines.   

It is the harvesting season for many of our spring vegetables.  This week a bounty of beets and potatoes made way for more heat-tolerant crops.  

A Large Milkweed Bug on milkweed

Beets

Nancy and Mary are enjoying Emma’s delight with her harvest of potatoes and beets

The deer are back.  Vinegar rags have
been reinstalled and Louie and
Cathy put down a border of
$strong-smelling fennel as an
additional deterrent.

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