It’s cooling down – time to plant!
Bumblebee on cutleaf penstemon (Penstemon richardsonii) What a hot summer! It’s been hard on people, wildlife (especially fish) and plants. Even with diligent…
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Color on display!
Sulfur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) in full bloom NOTE- I’ve been unable to connect to Facebook for months, but that has finally been corrected.…
Attracting MORE Insects with Native Plants – Part 1: Native Bees
[Winter is hanging around still; after an almost snowless and warm December and January we now have 12” on the ground in Peshastin.…
Goodbye, wild ginger, so long thyme-leaved buckwheat
It’s not quite October and already I’ve had to decide what we will grow for next year. Seed sowing is underway and began…
Late summer flowers for native pollinators
Parnassian butterfly on coyote mint (Monardella odoratissimma), late August at 4500′ Most of our native wildflowers of the lower elevations of Central Washington are at…