Comments for DryStoneGarden http://drystonegarden.com Plants and Stone for California Gardens Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Another Bee Tree by lostlandscape (James) http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/07/another-bee-tree/#comment-5907 lostlandscape (James) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:36:46 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=5070#comment-5907 I like the way your client thinks, wanting to keep the bees happy. We lived with itinerant bees for a few years, but the only fruit tree in the yard was a grapefruit. This past spring, post-bees, I caught myself sticking my finger into plum flowers on a 1 year old tree, hoping to effect some kind of pollination. I'm not sure if 4 fruits counts as a success. Bees would have done a better job. I like the way your client thinks, wanting to keep the bees happy. We lived with itinerant bees for a few years, but the only fruit tree in the yard was a grapefruit. This past spring, post-bees, I caught myself sticking my finger into plum flowers on a 1 year old tree, hoping to effect some kind of pollination. I’m not sure if 4 fruits counts as a success. Bees would have done a better job.

]]> Comment on Tepee? by lostlandscape (James) http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/07/tepee/#comment-5906 lostlandscape (James) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:31:45 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=5054#comment-5906 Pretty funny in a way. Hopefully a human is on the other end of your census form and can put "zero" and "teepee" together and not hassle you with a visit. Are there any tree houses or garden gazebos in your neighborhood that got census forms too? Pretty funny in a way. Hopefully a human is on the other end of your census form and can put “zero” and “teepee” together and not hassle you with a visit. Are there any tree houses or garden gazebos in your neighborhood that got census forms too?

]]> Comment on Another Bee Tree by Anette the Gardener http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/07/another-bee-tree/#comment-5895 Anette the Gardener Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:43:51 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=5070#comment-5895 Thanks for the nice pictures! Some years ago we had a really serious problem with wasps in our own garden. One day I was out in my garden one of them stung me several. Another time I went out in our garden one morning and saw a really delicious looking apple. I decided to eat the apple, but what I didn't notice was a bee on the back of the apple. Once I took it the bee stung me, and I actually became rather sick afterward. But generally I'm really happy for the bees. Just recently I read that there will be fewer and fewer bees in the future. And we'll have a hard time doing without them. So, it's good to hear that the owner of your last post on the bees want to protect them by planting a vine. Thanks again for the nice pictures! Best, Anette Thanks for the nice pictures!

Some years ago we had a really serious problem with wasps in our own garden. One day I was out in my garden one of them stung me several. Another time I went out in our garden one morning and saw a really delicious looking apple. I decided to eat the apple, but what I didn’t notice was a bee on the back of the apple. Once I took it the bee stung me, and I actually became rather sick afterward.

But generally I’m really happy for the bees. Just recently I read that there will be fewer and fewer bees in the future. And we’ll have a hard time doing without them. So, it’s good to hear that the owner of your last post on the bees want to protect them by planting a vine.

Thanks again for the nice pictures!

Best,
Anette

]]> Comment on The Bee Tree by DryStoneGarden » Blog Archive » Another Bee Tree http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/06/the-bee-tree/#comment-5890 DryStoneGarden » Blog Archive » Another Bee Tree Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:30:00 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=4882#comment-5890 [...] in another quick follow up on a recent post, we did a consultation at another house with a wild bee hive last week, this time in an old willow. [...] [...] in another quick follow up on a recent post, we did a consultation at another house with a wild bee hive last week, this time in an old willow. [...]

]]> Comment on Tepee Occupant by DryStoneGarden » Blog Archive » Tepee? http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/03/tepee-occupants/#comment-5888 DryStoneGarden » Blog Archive » Tepee? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:16:54 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=4336#comment-5888 [...] few months ago, I mentioned that the US Census had sent out a form to the tepee we put up in our yard every summer. No one, of [...] [...] few months ago, I mentioned that the US Census had sent out a form to the tepee we put up in our yard every summer. No one, of [...]

]]> Comment on The Tree Museum by Denise http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/07/the-tree-museum/#comment-5795 Denise Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:52:23 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=5013#comment-5795 What a perfect idea for a collection of what would otherwise be derelict, discarded trees. We've been fooling around with backdrops and garden photography. Makes for some stunning photographs. What a perfect idea for a collection of what would otherwise be derelict, discarded trees. We’ve been fooling around with backdrops and garden photography. Makes for some stunning photographs.

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