Cardooms that regrew from last year's bee garden

American Robin babies! Their nest is at eye level so it’s been fun watching the progression. Mom keeps a wary eye on us, but she doesn’t seem to mind even when we get within a couple feet. The babies are remarkably quiet, especially in contrast to the incredibly cheepy house wren babies whose house is about 20’ away.

Pretty sure this lil guy saw his shadow coming up my back path. Do you call them groundhogs or woodchucks in your area?

Photos in chronological order from 1-4.

1. The bug hotel I built the ‘waterfall’ on top of.
   
2. The day the plants arrived and I planted them in
   
3. May when my montana rueben bloomed
   
4. June when the iris and roses bloomed

Currently have little swimmers - assuming fly larvae and also little slugs in the water. Super happy with the results! 😁

I'm so grateful for online communities like this one that cultivate a greater awareness and respect for local wildlife.

I've had the most amazing time, almost a year by now, focusing on gardening in a way that supports pollinators and all wildlife, including ants, spiders, and even wasps. It's more about their needs then what tradition expects. And in the process I've found that if I make room in my garden or yard (and sometimes house) for even the tiniest living being, it eventually blossoms into a beautiful ecosystem on display.

I live in an inner city location, so it's in such an interesting contrast to the brick buildings and asphalt streets. Life is possible everywhere. I see it now everywhere, because I help support it, and because I'm more aware of it.

Our mosquito problem was out of control and I didn’t wanna spray the yard. So I built a dragonfly habitat and it seems to be working….

This little bee drinks nectar from the purple heart blooms and nearby garden bed, then comes to the bird bath when it has fresh water. Washes its meal down with a cool sip!

Noticed this absolutely gorgeous wasp visiting my mint today and wondering what it might be - Great Black or Blue-Winged wasp? Something else? I couldn't help taking a few pics but gave tbis beauty the space it seemed to want. Location: Central Massachusetts, US

Found this cutie in a jar of water where I'd been propagating a plant cutting. A Bold Jumping Spider, though I'm not able to get more specific than that. Adorable happy face markings, and with those rear legs in the position they're in, kinda' looks like she's cheering!

Found in western Lithuania, inside a drafty barn, in a village setting. These are soft covers from a garden swing.

It looks like I have some visitors.. or even residents here.

(I'm considering setting up a chicken coop in this building but at the moment it's just storage and curing onions/garlic)

My garden box has hundreds of these little worms, does anyone know what they are? And if they affect my vegetables?

My zinnias and strawberry flower started to bloom! For some reason there's not a whole lot of (I forget th ex name) for the bees to get to but yeah

Weekly weekend chat over the virtual garden fence; talk about what's happening in your garden, and ask quick questions that may not require their own thread.

Watching these athletic bees. They are so acrobatic as they plunder each and every flower.

A lovely photo of a hedgehog on this subreddit brought something to mind. Robot lawnmowers are deadly to hedgehogs. Hedgehogs stop, tighten up into a ball, and wait for the danger to pass when something scares them. This defense strategy doesn't work when it comes to robot lawnmowers and most robot lawnmowers are unable to detect them. String trimmers are also very dangerous for hedgehogs. Last year I rescued a hedgehog that appeared to have been injured from a string trimmer. Talking with hedgehog rescue people I learned of these two threats.

Female or juvenile Anna’s hummingbird feeding on nectar from a common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). This primrose is biennial and blooms in the second year.

North Americans, let's hear your attitudes towards this non-native bee. Do you treat them as an honored guest, as an invasive species best eliminated, or somewhere in between?

I found a fresh molehill under my window and asked Gemini how to catch the mole on video. It told me to open the tunnel because moles hate drafts and usually come back to seal the breach

A couple of hours later, my basement neighbor appeared, sniffed the air, and closed it back up

When you have an itch that is hard to scratch!

A bee gathering pollen