I awaken on summer mornings to the sound of bumble bees. Bizz. Stop. Bizz. Stop. Bizzzzzz. Stop. The morning cuppa they seek is found in the figwort blossoms below my open window. The figworts, genus Scrophularia, belong to the family Scrophulariaceae. I love that name. I love it because it sounds like a whole sentence […] Read more
Whenever I visit my friends in Oregon, I return home with new ideas for my pollinator garden. Of course, Naomi and Larry Price live on the high desert and I live on the edge of a rain forest, so our climates are like night and day. Still, they water their gardens and I tuck some […] Read more
I often get helplessly enthralled with things that are new to me. My current obsession is figwort. Ever since I was introduced to this curious bee plant back in June, I’ve been fixated on it. Right now, I’d love to plant my entire property in figwort. It all started when I was invited by Nancy […] Read more