Blogs, Bees, and Texas' Official Certified Bee-Friendly Garden # 6

 Photo provided by Meredith at Great Stems. (www.greatstems.com)

Can you remember life without the Internet?

I can, and, believe me, the Internet is worth every bit of the bother!  There are so many interesting blogs written by people who are willing to share their knowledge.

One such blog is Great Stems. Written by Meredith in Northwest Austin, she keeps a garden blog about the wildlife habitat she has created in her yard and often reports on the pollinators and other creatures that frequent her garden.

According to Meredith:

Most of the plants in my garden are native Texas plants, but I do sometimes choose a few non-natives because of their wildlife value or fun value. My best bee attractors are sunflowers, veggies, Gregg’s Mistflower, Zexmenia, Texas Kidneywood, Mealy Blue Sage and other sages, Fall Aster, to name a few. 

Click on What's Growing in the Great Stems Garden to find a full list of the plants in Meredith's garden.

Meredith's garden is a great example of a bee-friendly garden. If you click on the link below:

Reflections on the First Year (2008-2009)

you can see what she has done in only one year of conscious planting in her yard.

Not only is Meredith's garden described on her website, she's also a great photographer and documents her garden with some outstanding photos. Click Sunflowers and Megachilids to see some very colorful photos of Megachilid bees on Sunflowers in Meredith's yard.

And, if you want to add some more bee Nest Boxes to your own Bee-Friendly Garden, check out Meredith's Bee Nest Boxes. I can promise you'll love them!

Welcome to the Bee-Friendly community here at Texas Bee Watchers, Meredith. Your garden is now the 6th Official Certified Bee-Friendly Garden in Texas.