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Make Your Own Mud Puddle

How To Attract More Pollinators by Sandy Swegel I’m always in search of how to do things more easily and efficiently in the garden. Once again today I was at the garden center eavesdropping and heard a typical customer question: ”What should I plant to get pollinators to my yard?” The answer the garden center […]

Buzz Pollination

An Important Part of Pollination by Sandy Swegel We love pollinators at BBB Seed and we keep learning how many kinds of pollinators there are beside honeybees.  There are all the native bees and the moths and the flies.  Yesterday’s comely pollinator in my garden rounds was a giant bumblebee that was rather drunkenly going […]

Hummingbird Moths aka Sphinx Moth, Hawkmoth or Hornworm

About These Important Pollinators by Sandy Swegel When we think of pollinators, we think of bees and butterflies, but one of the larger groups of pollinators are moths.  They go from flower to flower looking for nectar and their hairy faces and bodies pick up lots of pollen that get taken to the next flower.  […]