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09/07/2024
Pink Passion marks the Summer ❤️
Fragrant & pollen laden these are one of Summer's surprises bringing a bit of magic with them.
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Pink Passion marks the Summer ❤️
Fragrant & pollen laden these are one of Summer's surprises bringing a bit of magic with them.
Flash Friday Welcome to my Garden ❤️
These are a few of my garden Joy Factors- color, pollen & nectar for the pollinators!
Even my long lost friends the pink "naked Ladies" have re- joined for .
Show Up, Listen to the wisdom of Love, Patience & Acceptance 💗
These bulbs have been lost under my blue Salvia for years now...what they needed was to literally have the Sun shine on them, plus a little feed & water. Look at them now!!
It is a gift & I am today
Happy Friday & Welcome the Weekend:)
Hope it's a safe & gentle day my friends
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Summer Blooming Holly Hocks delight!
They add so much vertical joy ❤️ & reseed in mysterious places. are wonderful to try growing yourself!
Second round of seedlings coming up!
These are darlings coming up in the Summer Sun. They will one day be strong defenders against the dearth that hits the each Summer, making it harder on the local pollinators ❤️
Dearth is a beekeeper's term for lack of nectar and pollen. It happens every year, causing hunger in the hives. Hopefully these will survive, coming back stronger next year!
Are you planting Summer seeds?
It's not too late:) 🐝 ❤️ 🐝
Melany
Flash Friday - all flowers lead to bees:)
Happy Friday & welcome the Weekend!
Living & loving so much about my new hobby . It seems as if my sweetest moments are filled with caring for the flowers or the bees:). So much to learn & believe in the power of .
Life will always be interesting if that's our Truth ❤️
Have a safe & wonderful everyone
Gotta Love a Volunteer ❤️❤️❤️
This beauty is a volunteer Salvia that popped up months ago. There were two that got dug up, potted up & loved up until they were re- planted with love ( & organic fertilizer). Some weeks later, and a few heat waves to beat- they are thriving & growing ever so slowly.
Gotta Love a Volunteer - and I know many here on the mountain & in the Valley who give back so freely each week ( or DAY!).
More on this soon:)
Kindly,
Melany
Hello Summertime blooms!
Our garden really has begged for a pruning back these past couple weeks. It's not glamorous, yet necessary to keep some semblance of order:)
Now is the time for cleaning, pruning, feeding & watering. It's happening daily ❤️
Hope you enjoy this beautiful evening!
Melany 🐝 ❤️ 🐝
Good morning beautiful friend 💛
Just in time to help feed the bees during the Summer dearth, the Nicotania found her bloom. This lucky bee found blooms close to her hive all from one seed! An oasis of nectar & pollen for all the to enjoy.
Last year they bloomed several months, despite the heat with just a small sprinkling of daily water.
Have a beautiful Monday friends 💛
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Heat brings the end of Passion flower blooms - the last one is pictured, until I can coax another bloom cycle!
Honey Harvest- honey proud. 🐝 ❤️ 🐝
As a 4 th year honey is a novelty. My hives are now large enough to make more than they need for this Winter. That's the honey I can take for human consumption. The first two years of were not honey years.. People would ask me & it was completely out of reach, even in my imagination ❤️
Hanging in there, learning & trying new things to help my bees thrive has made a big difference. Now my concerns are making time to harvest the honey & bottle it up.
Still learning & I am truly to be a 4th year Beekeeper! Life is very full indeed 💖
#2024
Sweet heart relief- fog in the distance is such a Welcome Sight!
Our heat wave was extreme &:kept us all drinking water beyond measure. Even the bees kept it up, as the temperatures evaporated water several times each day.
Grateful for the fog & hope it brings relief to everyone, the animals & the bees!
Happy Monday everyone!
Flash Friday Passion Flower 🐝
Every year it's the same attraction between the bees & !
Good thing the bloom keeps coming for several weeks. This vine goes a little dormant during the Winter & appears less than..and each Summer it blooms prolifically
The perfect screen for horse dust & privacy! Horses love to nibble too, so it's a great boredom breaker for your equine friends:)
Happy Friday & welcome the Weekend!
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Sunflower Joy 💛
Such a sweet reminder of our Summer season - time to plant more now!
Flash Friday my favorite Sage!
This towering beauty has just lit up my garden here on the mountain. She stands 8' tall and reaches that far side to side. It's an easy plant to grow & to love ❤️
Have a wonderful, safe weekend everyone!
#2024
Hello Again my Friends ❤️
This sweet vine is an absolute stunner in our garden; she grows up & over most everything if allowed to do so...
Driving around you will see her growing wild up concrete barriers, over back fences with abandon!
Gotta love a survivor vine who knows how to step up the Color Game each Spring!
Cheers to new gardens for #2024 ❤️
Yep, perseverance pays off - it's just a matter of propagate, plant, feed & water.
These are first year vervain on pink Salvia all propagated earlier when the weather was cool. Vervain is an interesting plant & hugely popular with !
Hope it's a lovely day wherever you may be!
Sunshine coming in strong today ❤️🌻
The second clear morning in a row, after weeks of foggy mornings. It's a good day for a focus on watering, drinking water & gratitude:)
What are you grateful for today?
My list is long.....
May Tuesday
Bringing on the bloom!
This rose bush is one of the surviving few from days gone by:)
Nigella on - 🐝 still my ❤️!
#2024
One of the best butterfly plants we grow- vervain is a quiet hero to pollinators- butterflies love them, as do hummingbirds & 🐝❤️🐝!
Adding these to your garden is easy. They grow from seed, cuttings & self seed too:)
Bunnies love to munch on them all Winter, so I often add a low cage to protect the plant & give it a chance at success!
The Path forward is full of Color ❤️
Wildflowers, salvias & sedums bloom in abundance here on the 🌄
Spring is in full swing - taking time to marvel at Nature's abundance is real. Blessed
Nectar Flow in full swing! Bottlebrush mega bloom is a beautiful thing for the 🐝❤️🐝s!
Flash Friday Queen Anne's Lace! They bloom above the other today:)
The weather is warming up & with that comes act 2 . Wildflowers just gotta get their bloom on. Calendulas, poppies & now the Queen of them all are blooming today.
Happy Friday Funday!
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Sunshine Nasturtium 💛💛💛
Another over wintered success story on the mountain going strong!
I enjoy the bloom wherever I can each & every day :). Happy Wednesday
Poppy Heaven ❤️
Go !
Go forth, prosper & reproduce strong viable seed for next year.
Believe
Monday Appreciation ❤️
May the simple things in life bring awe & reflection ❤️ 🐝 ❤️
Bees friend flowers that over- wintered here ( definitely in awe of that fact) thanks to Climate change #2024.
This one seed, grew one single plant that is helping our pollinators today!
Grow the seed please:)
What's your favorite seed to grow?
Spicy Red Salvia has bloomed all year ❤️
Small & brilliant blossoms feed the hummingbirds today! Grateful
Peace in the Rain ❤️
Rare & amazing to have a great little storm in May. It's perfect for giving all the flowers a good soak & to rain in the nutrition from compost.
Stay safe on the roads today
#2024
Flash Friday Pollinator Garden
It's definitely all abuzz here on the mountain! Salvias blue, yellow & red are blooming now. ❤️
Happy Friday everyone!
Lilac Time #2024 Brief, yet precious fragrance here on the mountain 🌄
Enjoy it while you can! Monday's vibe
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Pear tree abuzz! What an amazing tree for the #bees! There are hundreds of bees out working hard today - truly a gift to behold ❤️ #shanels #shanelsflowers #spring2024 #blooming #beekeepersofinstagram #blessedandgrateful #dream #dreambig #dreambigger #losgatosca #gardentherapy
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