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Planning your garden to support specialized pollinators
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Looking out my window, as the ground is covered with snow and I am getting ready for another snowstorm coming tonight, it seems ironic that I have been spending many hours these days ordering seeds and planning my garden. While…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, bees, Insects, native bees, pollination, pollinator gardening, Pollinators
How do pollinators find plants and flowers?
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As we know, pollinators help plants spread their pollen among flowers, and many plants do indeed need them to be able to reproduce and set seeds. We also know that by planting flowers and providing nesting habitats, we can help…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, bees, beneficial insects, ecological landscaping, Insects, pollination, Pollinators
Introducing the king of fall fruits: persimmons!
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It’s fall, the air is starting to get crisp, you are walking and you see these strange trees. You are sure that they are trees, yet they have these fruits that look like tomatoes… but they are on a tree….
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening, Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, Fruits, Insects, Native Plants, Pollinators
Spooky Behaviors of Pollinators: The Curious Lives of Parasitic Bees
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Fall is here and along with the pumpkins and falling leaves, there is one thing that pops up everywhere: Halloween! And because I can’t add Halloween decorations to a blog post, this blog will have a “conceptual” Halloween twist. Today,…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, bees, Insects, Pollinators
My flowers should be attracting lots of pollinators, but they’re not. What’s going on?
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The presence of pollinators on flowers depends on many factors, so it is hard to know exactly why they are not visiting your flowers as much as you would expect. Plus, sometimes these factors happen simultaneously, so it may be…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, Insects, Pollinators
Climate change impacts on pollinators and pollination
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Do you agree that the weather has been getting a bit crazy? Summers are getting extreme, some being dry, others overly wet and too hot, the winters too warm, hurricanes and tornadoes becoming more common and stronger. Climate change is…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening, Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, Climate Change, Insects, pollination, Pollinators
Pitcher plants: their pools are cool, but not always refreshing
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As I’m writing this, my weather station tells me that it feels like 95F outside, and now all I can do is think of jumping into a pool. And because in the natural world pools are not just for refreshing…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, Insects, Native Plants, pollination
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