Well, here we are, Spring 2025. Is gardening all about weeds? Seems like it. If you had told me we would still have a pollinator garden, I would have told you you're nuts. But here we are, a few years after we did the initial planting, weeding! Our fearless lead gardener (Paula) has us weeding the healthy remaining plants and in general, sprucing up the whole pollinator garden. Under Paula’s very capable leadership weeds were flying, wood chips and more cardboard boxes were ripped apart, all tape removed (that was my assigned job – Yea Bob) spread out on the ground making the overall garden wider (we added a path between the actual pollinator garden and the weeds), and then covering the whole place with more woodchips graciously provided by Public Works,
We did not add many plants that day, but we are trying to grow more on our porches (emphasis on “trying”). The last time I looked at mine, I had four milk jugs full of a lot of rainwater with a healthy mixture of mud mixed in for good measure. Paula tells me we’ll be able to plant what grows later this summer. But nonetheless, we forged on!
When we were done, we had time for some pictures (Marc was a very reluctant participant in that part), and we all headed home. I hope those Bees appreciate what we are doing for them.