I’m trying to clear out some dead/dying annual Black Eyed Susan from the back of my garden to prep for 75 incoming plugs of Ivory Sedge, Eastern Star Sedge, Wild Blue Phlox, and Wild Petunia on Saturday. The bees are not impressed.
Also, I notice that there are many more European Honey Bees than native bees this time of year. I’m assuming it’s because native bees are prepping for winter a la centuries of adapting to local conditions? I’m no melittologist (TIL)
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Spot to be “cleared” and planted. I didn’t have enough plants to fill this spot in 2023 and in the interim added some Wild Strawberry and Rudbeckia Hirta as a space-filler. Best thing I could’ve done to keep from having to weed back there. Wild Strawberry is happy and threading it’s way around the garden and Rudbeckia Hirta self-seeds all over the place but has shallow roots and is easy to pull and control. Highly recommend!
We’re working over here !
HONEY BEE SPOTTED
*interloper* >:(
My favorite thing about busy bees: they don’t care about you at all. They ain’t got time for it.
I gotta get more *Symphyotrichum novi-belgii*