Check the saddlebags of pollen on this bee enjoying the camellia; encourage more bees with hives if you can do it or small block kits for mason bees. Get info at any nursery; advocate for urban hives in your town. We need those pollinators more than ever---they've taken a big hit with all the pesticides, herbicides, pollution and development. We are allowed to keep bees here in Portland, and chickens, but no roosters in city limits.
Here my friend is making good use of deck space and nice big crocks for growing a variety of salad greens, peas and other green crunchy treats, and soon tomatoes....right outside the kitchen. Brilliant!
I like this--converting that sod by the curb to a planting of poppies in front of the painted poppy fence. Note the smart straw mulch for weed control, water conservation, and building soil, plus it's way prettier and more balanced pH than that boring brown prickly bark mulch. But that's just my opinion.
Change is here! This was just like a driveway, and now look at the raised beds they just put in, bursting with potential. Yes we can!!! I walk by here all the time---watch for progress shots.
You probably know this view by now, yep, I'm walking up to our beautiful community garden. The wild mustard in the foreground is a nice spicy wild food right now. Add those beautiful yellow flower stems to any salad or stir fry. Try some of these wild foods right now, they're so perfect in spring, and traditional blood purifiers for spring. Each wild food has its best time--it's important to know when to pick what part and how to eat it, but it's not hard to learn.
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