Comments on: 5 Early Season Plants which Attract Pollinators to your Garden

By: patricia

patricia — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:01:00 +0000

Thank you! Now I feel like I know what I’m doing. Seriously, this site is very helpful!

By: Greg Seaman

Greg Seaman — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:17:00 +0000

Yes, it sounds like a rich compost. We supplement our compost with steer or chicken manure when available.

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:27:00 +0000

Hey thanks so much! That is helpful info. My compost is made up of only organic fruit and veggie waste, some paper toweling and coffee grounds along with dried leaves. Would that qualify as rich? Oh yes and eggshells go into my compost also.

By: Greg Seaman

Greg Seaman — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:45:00 +0000

The bees have value as pollinators for certain vegetables, especially vining one such as squash, melon, pumpkin and tomatoes. They also pollinate berry bushes and of course fruiting trees. They are not required for successful production from the Brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower) or carrots (usually grown under cover) unless you are planning to save the seeds.
The compost is a great addition to your crop and can be top dressed as long as it is matured. The compost serves as a fertilizer assuming you have developed a rich organic compost (as opposed to leaf compost which is a good soil additive but not a fertilizer).

By: Matt Miles

Matt Miles — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:33:00 +0000

I had a customer in a new development that planted an imported jasmine plant and the wasps in the surrounding neighborhood just swarmed their yard. From their sliding glass door on the back patio you couldn’t see 10 ft in front of you because the space was just saturated with paper wasps. From that I learned to get local indigenous plants rather than fancy imported ones.

By: Blaire Andaloc

Blaire Andaloc — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:54:00 +0000

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By: Patrick Steenwijk

Patrick Steenwijk — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Thank you for this post, i really liked it.
My uncle is a bee keeper, and he sees his beepopulation reducing somehow.
I will be sure to present this article to him..

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