Squash Bees
Checkout These Wild Pollinators by Sandy Swegel My friend and local pollinator expert Niki fretted greatly this Spring because there weren’t any bees in her yard. She grows her native plants and large vegetable gardens in her yard that is surrounded by typical perfect looking suburban lawns. Despite her pleas with neighbors, they maintain […]
What a Plant Knows
Get to Know the World of Plants Back when I was a teenager, summer reading was all about pulp fiction and romantic novels, except for the summer when I read everything Arthur C. Clarke ever published. Now that I use podcasts for pulp novels and nonfiction, I can spend summer on eccentric or unusual new […]
Walk on the Wild Side
We Can Forage! by Sandy Swegel Sometime every year mid-summer, when the weather is hot and the weeds so darn big, I start to think gardening is just dumb. Nature creates beautiful gardens all on her own without requiring WORK from me. Why do I garden? Why does anyone garden? Can’t we just go back to hunting […]