Bring Pollinators into the City
If You Encourage Them, They Will Come! By now we’ve all heard the news: pollinators are in trouble. The WhiteContinue Reading
Category: Pollination
A Brand-New Pollinator Garden at the Montréal Insectarium
This year, the start of summer coincides with the inauguration of the Montréal Insectarium’s Pollinator Garden. Espace pour la vie invitesContinue Reading
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Sow Your Own Mini Butterfly Garden!
Here’s a little family project for this summer: Sowing your own butterfly garden! By Larry Hodgson Summer is fast approaching,Continue Reading
Can a Crabapple Pollinate an Apple Tree?
Ill.: Dr.PAS & Efengai, depositphotos & www.nicepng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog By Larry Hodgson Question: To add an extra room to our house,Continue Reading
Saving Squash Seed: No Hanky Panky Allowed!
Par Larry Hodgson Squashes are masters at crossing with their neighbors. Even varieties that are very different in appearance, suchContinue Reading
A Caffeine Buzz Is Good for Bees… Sometimes
By Larry Hodgson As you sip your morning joe to help bring you out of the grogginess of early morningContinue Reading
Bees Trapped in a Squash Flower
By Larry Hodgson Comment: I just saved the lives of three bees that were trapped inside a female squash flower thatContinue Reading
Only Male Flowers on Cucurbits? Give It Time!
By Larry Hodgson If you’re fairly new at home gardening, you may find growing cucurbits (cucumbers, squashes, melons, etc.) aContinue Reading
Vegetables Cross-Pollinating: Not to Worry!
By Larry Hodgson I regularly receive letters from gardeners concerned that their fruiting vegetables might cross-pollinate, that is, that byContinue Reading
Which Vegetables Self-Pollinate?
Par Larry Hodgson Question: I’ve been told that tomatoes self-pollinate and don’t need bees to pollinate their flowers. What other vegetablesContinue Reading