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Why are Bees Disappearing & What Can We Do to Help Their Populations?

rhaglund — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:57:16 +0000

Anyone in tune with popular media has heard that bee populations are dieing out and have been in decline for several years. In my own very diverse garden I’ve noticed a huge decline in honeybees. I use no pesticides, and I provide a diverse array of food sources for all bees. Still, this year my [...]

Growing Eggplant with Success in Seattle

rhaglund — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:15:37 +0000

The 2008 vegetable gardening year has been full of surprises. I can’t seem to get a decent tomato, snow peas produced from April until mid-August, bush beans turned into climbing beans, green beans produced yellow wax beans, brussel sprouts turned into cabbage, and the list goes on. What to remember? Every year is different and [...]

Growing Tomatoes in Seattle with Success!

rhaglund — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:45:15 +0000

Anyone who gardens in Seattle knows that tomatoes can be difficult to cultivate successfully. I’ve lived in the South East and the South West of the US, and in those long, hot summers there’s no stopping the bounty of ripening tomatoes all summer long. As I’ve come to understand that Seattle summers are late to [...]

Bonide Tree Fruit Spray Question

rhaglund — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:54 +0000

W. Maalouf of Marshall, VA asks:
“We have a two year old fruit cherry tree orchard. I had business out of the country, so asked my 19 year son to be sure to spray the trees when I was gone because there were worms and the start of the Japanese Beatles. Anyway..I just got home and [...]

UVA Study Reports Pollution Reduces Flower Fragrance & Bee Populations

rhaglund — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:15:12 +0000

A fellow horty recently emailed me a link to the UVA newspaper that reported earlier this spring that pollution is reducing the fragrance in flowers. In turn they have linked the reduction in flower fragrance to the diminishing populations of bees.
Unfortunately, the diminishing bee populations are becoming more and more apparent to me in my own [...]