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Gemma Sarracenia

#Pollinator garden gets an upgrade. That's my lucky clover, with basil, because "where basil grows, no evil can live". It grows next to a rose stone to grow the love alongside our luck, but also really 'cause those are great pollinator plants. Just trimmed the living mulch and made sure the perennials emerging weren't covered, the pruning should help the spring weeds not out compete the sunflower seedlings. Need to put a stone in the water so bugs don't drown. Lucky clover is also in the patch.

A small resin planter that looks like a stone portrait of a lady with flowers in her hair. Clover emerges from the top of her skull. A small dog dish of water sits in front of her for insects that visit. Needs a ramp or stone they can land on, I'll find one next time I go out. Under the steps to the porch are last year's sunflower stems and other twigs, as insect habitat. Under the porch is bare land that ant lions live in, and native bees can use as habitat. The small square patch is lined with stones I found in empty trailer park lots, for more habitat and something to mark out, "I said quit mowing here, I'm serious, even if that looks like weeds it's a garden!"
A four leaf clover that hasn't fully opened. It's the only one in her hair but there are cuttings of her in the indoor garden sprouting more. My garden is full of luck. There's some in the flower patch already coming up from last year, and I'll be making cuttings to fill it with more. Clover fixes nitrogen, to help fertilize my garden as it grows. The best luck is the kind you make for yourselves.
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The Bee Guy

It’s #Friday folks!

Have the best #weekend you can.

You know the drill:

Be #gentle
Be #kind
Be #true
Be like #bees

Take it easy on yourself.
On the #planet.
On others.

And…

‘Always look on the bright side of life…’

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 31

Bumblebees have to learn how to get nectar from flowers. They will usually visit the same flowers every day as long as they keep finding nectar and pollen.
This is called flower or #pollinator constancy.
#bumblebees

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

A caveat to this study: the researchers were primarily looking at insect #pollinator biodiversity. Planting a few native wildflowers in your garden will not suddenly cause unusual megafauna from the surrounding hinterlands to crowd onto your porch.

That being said, this study backs up #DouglasTallamy 's optimistic vision of #HomegrownNationalPark, which calls for people in communities of all sizes to dedicate some of their yard (or porch or balcony) to #NativePlants.

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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Local public library’s seed library is happening again. We also exchange seeds with a neighbor. When we do need to buy seeds, we love what has become our favorite seed company: Sow True Seed. And today we received their 2025 seed catalog.

#SowTrueSeed is in Asheville, North Carolina. Although their community was devastated by #Hurricane Helene, their business was largely unscathed. Their seed inventory did not wash away, their employees are safe, and their building intact. Free shipping on orders through December. sowtrueseed.com/pages/about

We’re grateful to our longtime friend Charlotte in South Carolina for introducing us to Sow True Seed, which became a worker-owned cooperative in 2022.

Sow True SeedaboutOrganic, heirloom and southern seeds at Sow True Seed. Our 500+ varieties of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds are all non-GMO, untreated, and open-pollinated. Order your potatoes starts, sweet potato slips, garlic and asparagus crowns with us throughout the year! Retail store in Asheville, North Carolina.
#NonGMO#CouncilOfResponsibleGenetics#SafeSeedPledge
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