tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934259629698466375.post8078946727457733590..comments2023-04-05T04:59:34.416-07:00Comments on Gracie and the Ontario Meadow: The Very First PollinatorsGraciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546622664464021767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934259629698466375.post-84043651035075878202011-04-27T07:47:23.452-07:002011-04-27T07:47:23.452-07:00Hi Woman With Wings. Thank you for reminding me th...Hi Woman With Wings. Thank you for reminding me that this sweetgrass is really thriving. This particular bed is the old vegetable bed, which used to be improved with compost and manure every year. I planted the sweetgrass there three summers ago to use up some of that nutrient so that my other meadow grasses will do better (that is, to grow deeper roots to look for nutrients). This sweetgrass grows upright until the long flat blade is about 6" above the stem, beyond the flower height, then each blade starts to bend and lays out over the ground. It looks like green waves by late summer. My grandmother would probably say it grows well because we have a lot of thunderstorms here...maybe?Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546622664464021767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934259629698466375.post-10434484545056258102011-04-27T06:58:52.752-07:002011-04-27T06:58:52.752-07:00Liniecat- I love that your grandson loves bees. I ...Liniecat- I love that your grandson loves bees. I was raised by a bee sting allergic, and so I was always ready to dial 911 at the sight of one. And THANK you for reporting that this tunnel looks like the ones beneath your fruit trees- it is wonderful to imagine that this one is a bee house, too.Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546622664464021767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934259629698466375.post-37256239182430506432011-04-26T18:36:14.419-07:002011-04-26T18:36:14.419-07:00What/who do you suppose made the tunnel? And, oh m...What/who do you suppose made the tunnel? And, oh my goodness, 3' sweetgrass blades! That's amazing. I am happy to grow it in a pot and get 8"! So interesting to read about your bees! Man-oh-man, I'm starting to think I really live in a dud climate -- Colorado -- when I read how things grow in other places.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934259629698466375.post-75259663547542091122011-04-26T10:36:10.228-07:002011-04-26T10:36:10.228-07:00My grandson loves bees. The Winnie the Pooh dvd ha...My grandson loves bees. The Winnie the Pooh dvd has them in and so does a dvd about Nick Parkes, Sean the Sheep, so we go bee spotting in the garden or park and he gets delighted that weve seen one. Do hope one doesnt sting him one day, it will spoilt his magic lol<br />That hole resembles the holes bees left beneath my fruit trees. Once the hole appeared I was told they had emerged, but what kind of bee it is that does that I forget now. They were soft coloured and not at all aggressive though and none too large iether.<br />Love those bee homes in the woodpile! Talk about des res!liniecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643986273499722414noreply@blogger.com