Thank you Bees! Honey is calming, warming, moistening, and healing. I use local honey daily to help with allergies. It is said that it improves resistance to local allergens, by introducing small amounts into your system, via the Bees pollen. Honey mixed with Onion was the most widely used remedy during the great depression. To this day, many still talk about this one. Honey is… Read More »Honey
Watch Monarch Caterpillars spin their pupae to begin the metamorphosis in time-lapse! Come join our fun community!
These Butterflies are very special to me. I was born in Pacific Grove on Monterey Bay here in California. Literally, right behind our house were the eculyptus trees that were home to the magnificent creatures. As a small child I can remember thinking that I was magic beacuse they flew all around us kids. They were everywhere. Little did I know how very special that… Read More »Monarchs
Companion Planting allows us to use the collective wisdom of those who have come before us to teach us which plants benefit from growing together. One great example of the is The Three Sisters, Corn, Pole Beans, and Squash. According to The Farmers Almanac, there are many benefits to planting certain plants together. Large plants provide shade for smaller plants. Large stalked plants provide support… Read More »Who Loves Who
As I watched the Caterpillars grow, I had no idea the journey they would take me on…. Early on in our lockdown, my Birthday arrived. I got a email that a package was at my P. O. So I masked up and picked up the present that magically arrived on my actual birthday! It was a set to raise Caterpillars to Butterflies that my sister… Read More »“Be brave like the Caterpillar, so you can Fly like the Butterfly “
This is an awesome video from PBS that allows us to see a Butterfly swarm from the inside. It reminds me of when I was very small. We lived in Monterey and in our back yard we had a grove of eucalyptus trees. My mom and my aunt would take us out as the butterflies were waking. Soon they would start to flap their wings… Read More »A Butterfly Swarm
I was doing some research on Butterfly habitats and came across this great program from The National Wildlife Federation. If you are interested in being a Butterfly hero check it out here… Come get inspired with our fun community
