Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 The wildfire smoke level is down to about 100, from well above 500 two days ago.  That's still not "clean" but not "haza...

Over the years, I've tried to plant lots of forage plants for honeybees and native bees. Now that there is a successful beehive in the ...

It's been a few days since transferring the feral honeybee swarm to the top bar hive. They seem OK. One mistake I made with previous a...

Buckwheat in bloom.  8.23.5 Honebee on buckwheat flower.  8.23.15  Buckwheat is in full bloom.  I planted the buckwheat seeds 7.21....

Cilantro Seeds Ready To Collect.  8.18.15  I left a bunch of cilantro to go to seed.  It's brown and dry, so ready to collect seeds....

Sedums are starting to bloom and the bees are already on them.  There were 2 broken pieces.  This may not be a good time for taking cuttings...

Chinese Chive Bee Forage.  8.16.15  Main bee forage currently is Chinese Chive .  They prefer Chinese chive to all other currently bloom...

French Marigolds with Foraging Bumblebees.  8.9.15 Container-Grown Milkweed.  8.9.15  There is not a lot out there for bees to f...

Bed prep for buckwheat.  7.21.15 Today I took a little time to prep the former borage bed for Buckwheat.  I planted the borage late wint...

Chives Seed Heads.  7.12.15 Removing Chives Seeds from Seed Head.  7.12.15  This week I have been collecting seed heads from allium...

Bumblebee on French Marigold.  7.11.15  Today I observed bumblebees foraging- Borage , heavily. French marigolds , moderately. Pen...