Summertime, and the living is not really that easy at all

[rahirah]

Our back yard being a solid, foot-tall mass of wild mustard and pigweed, I sallied forth with my trusty lawnmower this morning, and set to. Because the weeds were thick and there was heavy dew, it was hard going, and I took several breaks. Halfway through the morning, I stood looking out over the uncut half, a glorious spring green with all the

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[petzipellepingo]

Do the cacti bloom in Spring? If so, the bees can find something else to snack on.

[rahirah]

Oh, there's a ton of other flowers right now - it's just that they happened to be on the mustard just then!

[sp23]

So, you're the reason all the bees are dying off. Case solved! ;-)

[rahirah]

And the sinking of the Lusitania, that was me!

[candleanfeather]

It will be too late for this this year, but you could perhaps sow various melliferous plants in your garden. There's a great variety of them. Some could be adaptated to desertic climate.

[rahirah]

Oh, they've got other flowers - the cassia and the rosemary are in bloom, and there's pansies and snapdragons and marigolds in the garden. And in a week or two, the citrus and the clowver will be in bloom. But they just seemed so happy in the mustard. :)

[red_sunflower]

Don't feel bad for the bees, think of me, I'm allergic to them. :)

[rahirah]

:shoos them away:

[framefolly]

That's a lot of work!

[rahirah]

Well, it's partly my fault for not doing it last week when the weeds weren't quite so powerful!