Tag: neonicotinoid

We Need All the Bees We Can Get

thelatebloomer | November 22, 2014 | 6 Replies

“We need all the bees we can get,” a commercial beekeeper told me at the California State Beekeepers Association annual convention this week in Valencia, California. I had been invited by CSBA Ladies Auxiliary president Melinda Nelson, a beekeeper I’d met when I spoke at the Orange County Organic Gardening Club in May, to be the […]

Bonnie is so Bonny: No Neonics!

thelatebloomer | September 9, 2014 | 8 Replies

Bonnie is so bonny: No Neonics! When you go to a nursery to buy plants, do you ever imagine what goes into the effort of getting those plants on the shelves? Last March, I found out when I visited a Bonnie Plants regional nursery. On a cold, grey, snow-threatening day, my brother and sister-in-law were showing my […]

Dear Kaye, You are my inspiration! Though I have been gardening veggies and flowers for many years here in upstate NY, one day I needed advice on growing cabbage and I found you. I show your videos to anyone who will listen. You make us feel like your neighbor. I would love to be your neighbor! What a spirit you have and you have sparked my garden bug this year and just now as I was out checking all 90 plus plants that I have, I kept hearing you say “be vigilant” *smiles* THANK YOU… Read more

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