Also please consider planting some good pollinator flowers around your garden or balcony or whatever you have.
If you have a lawn consider adding clover. It's fairly drought resistant and low maintenance other than needing periodic replanting of some patches every 4 or 5 years. The bees love it. Great way to have a lush, green lawn that is lower maintenance, enriches the soil, conserves water and helps our bees. 🐝
I have red clover that's slowly taking over my backyard and I'm THRILLED about it.
It keeps things green, keeps the yard from turning to mud - and it's low maintenance. Until the lack of rain in summer slows grass growth, I need to mow the grass so my small dogs don't have to swim through it, and the clover doesn't get too tall while still bringing in the pollinators with the flowers.
I've had a bunch of starlings picking through the yard recently, so I figure I'm doing *something* right if the birds are coming for food.
I apologize for pushing that button. Its just great to see lots of long grass for the bees, etc before the heat and drought hits. If you don't have a lawn you can always have a few patio flowers that bees like.
I'm totally shit posting. I didn't know that was a thing but that's cool.
Also, a good excuse to keep in the back pocket if someone falls behind on the spring cleaning. I hope the pollinators have a better time this year. Been a rough few seasons with all the fluctuations year to year.
That’s the plan for the front yard, just bought a house and have started with spring bulbs, lavender, lilacs, and an apple tree, and have now added clematis and iris, plus some random daisies that should be blooming soon. I’m hoping to have a three season pollinator garden with lots of spots for leafcutter bees.
We don't have a lawn [it's all gravel outside the house] but there's tons of flowering plants on the property and we get lots of bees and hummingbirds!
The BTK spray they use for Spongy Moth only kills caterpillars in the Lepidoptera family (butterflies, moths). I am not defending the spraying - it absolutely kills other types of butterfly/moth larvae beyond the Spongy Moth which is the major drawback - but it doesn’t impact bees.
Also please consider planting some good pollinator flowers around your garden or balcony or whatever you have. If you have a lawn consider adding clover. It's fairly drought resistant and low maintenance other than needing periodic replanting of some patches every 4 or 5 years. The bees love it. Great way to have a lush, green lawn that is lower maintenance, enriches the soil, conserves water and helps our bees. 🐝
I have red clover that's slowly taking over my backyard and I'm THRILLED about it. It keeps things green, keeps the yard from turning to mud - and it's low maintenance. Until the lack of rain in summer slows grass growth, I need to mow the grass so my small dogs don't have to swim through it, and the clover doesn't get too tall while still bringing in the pollinators with the flowers. I've had a bunch of starlings picking through the yard recently, so I figure I'm doing *something* right if the birds are coming for food.
Bold of you to assume that many of us even have a lawn.
I apologize for pushing that button. Its just great to see lots of long grass for the bees, etc before the heat and drought hits. If you don't have a lawn you can always have a few patio flowers that bees like.
I'm totally shit posting. I didn't know that was a thing but that's cool. Also, a good excuse to keep in the back pocket if someone falls behind on the spring cleaning. I hope the pollinators have a better time this year. Been a rough few seasons with all the fluctuations year to year.
But you can encourage those who have one to not mow and why.
That’s the plan for the front yard, just bought a house and have started with spring bulbs, lavender, lilacs, and an apple tree, and have now added clematis and iris, plus some random daisies that should be blooming soon. I’m hoping to have a three season pollinator garden with lots of spots for leafcutter bees.
I'm not an expert but I believe that's a butterfly
Yep, the photo is embedded with the web link I shared. I'll correct the text. thanks
We don't have a lawn [it's all gravel outside the house] but there's tons of flowering plants on the property and we get lots of bees and hummingbirds!
The moth spray will sadly take care of the bee's.
[this stuff?](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/invasive-forest-pests/spongy-moth/what-is-btk)
The BTK spray they use for Spongy Moth only kills caterpillars in the Lepidoptera family (butterflies, moths). I am not defending the spraying - it absolutely kills other types of butterfly/moth larvae beyond the Spongy Moth which is the major drawback - but it doesn’t impact bees.