August 6, 2019

Here one of my large bumble bees is enjoying a bloom from a rose of sharon bush.

I just discovered that my great grandfather was born on a Saturday on the date March 15.

So  his birthday is one day past pi day.

Because I want good flowers in the middle of March, I plant many blueberry plants.

I have be playing around with the soil. So today I went to Starbucks and after buying a coffee, I asked if I could get a bag of used coffee grounds.  They provided me with a huge bag,  I put them

around the base of my Duke variety.,   We will see what happens.

august 4 Bumble Bees are happy

Got bumble bees and they are happy.

In particular, I try to have an artichoke flower in the summer.

Here is a video where one of our local talent has found the flower

August 5, 2019 Bumble Bee gets her own artichoke flower

Here is a bumble bee enjoying an artichoke.

I don´t plant artichokes to eat.  I just provide them for the bumble bees.

At this time of year there is no mason bee activity. But the bumble bees are in full force.

My garden includes many summer flowers, so bumble bees are very plentiful in my garden.