I saw this someplace and filed it away in my mind...Don't remember where I saw it. While watering the garden a bee appeared on a volunteer sunflower. Voila, something clicked in my mind.
The Great Sunflower Project
http://www.greatsunflower.org/
Just follow these simple steps to help with the research of bees. They are very attracted to Sunflowers and vital to a healthy garden.
1. Sign up and plant your sunflower
2. Describe your garden
3. Time how long it takes 5 bees to visit your sunflower plant
4. Enter your data online or send us your form.
Another link that helps explain.
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/06/06/help-save-the-bees-plant-sunflowers/
Glad we let the volunteer Sunflowers be to grow naturally and help this project.
I will update this when I have better results. Today there were 2 bees on one of the flowers in 30 mintues. There was a storm brewing as you may be able to see in the pictures. Here's further proof of a storm; this is Misty hiding from the rain under the trampoline, she goes there for shade as well. Just in case you didn't believe Moi. LOL!
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Caitlin!
Here are some pictures of your "Flagstone Wildflower Garden" after it was weeded.
I think I can identify Poppies, Flax and Cosmos, not sure of some of the others. One of them looks kinda like Baby's Breath. Not bad for a $1 pack of seeds eh?
Wow! I didn't expect them to be that big!
ReplyDeleteYour flower pics are beautiful...LOVE the sunflowers ! :o)
ReplyDeleteThe sunflower fields near us are planted in a space where irrigation doesn't reach and it is used as a cover crop. The plus is that it attracts thousands of bees...the field literally hums !
I am allergic to bees and wasps, but oddly enough, they don't bother me when I have a camera in my hands or when gardening. LOL
I will definitely check out that first link...when I get some free time. :o)
Keep going and growing, Marcie !