The right annual flowers can be a powerhouse for your yard. They will give food, in the form of pollen and nectar, for bees, other pollinators, and beneficial insects all summer…
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Why I Won’t Be Buying My Plants at the Big Box Stores
March 22, 2016It starts out innocently enough. You go into one of the big box stores to buy something, let’s say lightbulbs. While you are there, you wander through the nursery department…
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Bees and Neonicotinoids: What You Need to Know
March 22, 2016Beekeepers were the first to sound the alarm of neonicotinoids, seeing a connection between bees dying in large numbers, colony collapse disorder (CCD), and these chemicals. Neonicotinoids threaten not…
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Should You Buy Organic Seeds?
March 20, 2016Years ago when I planted my early vegetable gardens I chose non-organic seeds because they were cheaper. I was buying lots of seeds! I believed in organic gardening, but I…
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Beautiful Borage
February 19, 2016Borage (Borago officinalis) is a charmer. Lovely blue star-shaped flowers nod down, beckoning one closer. I love its shade of blue. Bees, of all kinds, can’t resist it because the flowers are…
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Welcome to Green Garden Buzz!
January 18, 2016Hello and welcome to Green Garden Buzz! You have landed in the right spot. Here we talk about beautiful gardens that are good for the bees, for us, and the…