What’s all the Buzz about?

This year I got started early, picking up Mint, Lavender, Rosemary and Basil at the beginning of May to give it one more honest try.  What started out as a 4 plant project has grown into:

Ok side note. Holy Cow does Stevia grow and fast!  I had to re-pot it TWICE within 30 days.  That plant got so big it was falling out of the pot, so I cut all the stalks down and its growing right back like nothing happened.  More on Stevia and what to do with in in another post.

Now back to why I started writing this blog.  🙂

So you you’re probably thinking whew that’s a lot she must have stopped there.  Nope, I just couldn’t have herbs I had to add a variety of flowers to brighten up the yard as well. With all that said, I noticed this year there seem to be a lot of bees in my backyard.  Way more then I’ve seen before. (they are’n’t bother us, just always in the flowers) I even caught them building a hive in my window seal, which unfortunately I had to get rid of.

Ironically I recently came across an article entitled Dig a little Deeper which was talking about bees. Many of us are aware that bees make honey but they also pollinate many fruits, nuts and seeds of vegetable that we eat on a daily basis.  Which means without bees farmers can’t grow the foods we need.

So the article goes on to say What you can do to help keep honey bees thriving:

Who knew I was contributing to the life and wellness of bees and our population!  No wonder my backyard is buzzing and these guys thought it would be a great area to build a hive.  Sorry guys you can hit up the flowers all you want but the hive is where I had to draw the line.

Of course I jumped in knee deep with my second attempt at gardening and so far so good! You too can help, all you need is a flower pot.  For those in NYC you can set in on your stoop, window seal or fire escape.  And by the way not only does lavender smell amazing you can use it.

So here’s to the bees and doing our part to keep them and us alive and well!

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