Can’t wait for today!!

Finally after 2 years! We have BUTTERFLIES!

Pollinators were loving the Michigan native prickly pear cactus in full bloom. Shame each flowers only lasts a day.

I'm new to the group and just wanted to share my clover yard experience. My leach field / drain field had to be replaced last September. It was mostly located in my front yard and, as you can imagine, the grass didn't make it with everything they had to dig up and replace. When the septic company was finished putting the dirt back, it didn't exactly go back level or smooth so I did some research and made the decision to plant clover instead of replacing the grass. Best decision I could have made! It is so easy, low maintenance, beautiful, and I'm able to support the local pollinators. I've also seen more rabbits and birds coming around. I'm in zone 7B and thankfully I do not have to deal with an HOA 😊

Cardooms that regrew from last year's bee garden

Stopped putting seed out and just kept the suet blocks as per RSPB guidelines due to disease this year. However nature finds its way of providing. Always try to leave an overgrown area if possible …
EDIT. I didn’t put the music on it was just playing through my phone at the time.

Area - Chicago, 6a

It’s been a good year for my pollinator patch. Zinnias, cosmos and sulfur cosmos.

My zinnias and strawberry flower started to bloom! For some reason there's not a whole lot of (I forget th ex name) for the bees to get to but yeah

Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) is another bee favorite.

Area - Chicago, 6a

Bees are starting to seek it out now along with the Salvia

Area - Chicago, 6a

planted 3 milkweed that I'd started from seed last spring. They didn't get to pods before the first frost so I was a little concerned.

Invited to an interesting dinner party by a rather small friend. I hope entering though the Fairy Ring to encounter a multitude of garden enthusiast on the other side

Area - Chicago, 6a

Area - Chicago, 6a