This is a follow on to the thread I started earlier about planting
birdseed. Cheap birdseed is a mixture of desirable (like sunflower) and
undesirable (like thistle) seeds so perhaps it makes more sense to plant
specific seeds that produce bee friendly flowers.
Besides sunflowers, what other cheap seeds will produce flowering plants
that bees will find attractive. The goal would be to have flowers
throughout from spring and summer, and into the fall if possible, that
will attract and support the local bee population. If you were a bee
checking the Bee OpenTable for restaurants, what would you like to see on
the menu?
Posted by Nad R on March 14, 2011, 1:13 pm
> This is a follow on to the thread I started earlier about planting > birdseed. Cheap birdseed is a mixture of desirable (like sunflower) and > undesirable (like thistle) seeds so perhaps it makes more sense to plant > specific seeds that produce bee friendly flowers. > > Besides sunflowers, what other cheap seeds will produce flowering plants > that bees will find attractive. The goal would be to have flowers > throughout from spring and summer, and into the fall if possible, that > will attract and support the local bee population. If you were a bee > checking the Bee OpenTable for restaurants, what would you like to see on > the menu?
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/
Bees need plants that flower though out the season. Dandelions are
typically the first to flower. Clover is is a good one also. Sun flowers
are nice, but they will destroy all other plants within six feet, plant sun
flowers in an area by themselves. Sunflowers in the future are hard to get
rid off, they are good at reseeding themselves year after year. I would go
with a few fruit trees too, not cheap tho. The veggie garden works well for
the mid summer. Bees like water also, put a few floating corks in the bird
bath for them to rest on. Google "bee friendly plants". Their are plants
that flower in the fall, off hand I cannot think of them, perhaps "black
eyed Susan"?
Avoid pesticides of all kinds, especially for the lawn! Let the dandelions
and clover grown in your lawn. When the grass is mowed, it will still look
green.
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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Posted by Billy on March 14, 2011, 5:43 pm
> > This is a follow on to the thread I started earlier about planting > > birdseed. Cheap birdseed is a mixture of desirable (like sunflower) and > > undesirable (like thistle) seeds so perhaps it makes more sense to plant > > specific seeds that produce bee friendly flowers. > > > > Besides sunflowers, what other cheap seeds will produce flowering plants > > that bees will find attractive. The goal would be to have flowers > > throughout from spring and summer, and into the fall if possible, that > > will attract and support the local bee population. If you were a bee > > checking the Bee OpenTable for restaurants, what would you like to see on > > the menu? > > http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/ > > Bees need plants that flower though out the season. Dandelions are > typically the first to flower. Clover is is a good one also. Sun flowers > are nice, but they will destroy all other plants within six feet,
I haven't found that to be true. They cohabitate with my potatoes,
parsnips, and curcubits with no problem. I've never had negative
interactions between sunflowers and other plants.
(with a nod to the news)
Sunflowers can be used to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as
lead, arsenic and uranium. They were used to remove cesium-137 and
strontium-90 from a nearby pond after the Chernobyl disaster[13]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower#Cultivation_and_uses>
And don't forget to mask tape your windows ;O))
> plant sun > flowers in an area by themselves. Sunflowers in the future are hard to get > rid off, they are good at reseeding themselves year after year. I would go > with a few fruit trees too, not cheap tho. The veggie garden works well for > the mid summer. Bees like water also, put a few floating corks in the bird > bath for them to rest on. Google "bee friendly plants". Their are plants > that flower in the fall, off hand I cannot think of them, perhaps "black > eyed Susan"? > > > Avoid pesticides of all kinds, especially for the lawn! Let the dandelions > and clover grown in your lawn. When the grass is mowed, it will still look > green.
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Posted by Bill who putters on March 14, 2011, 5:45 pm
In article
> And don't forget to mask tape your windows ;O))
Fingers crossed till it hurts.
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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://uppitywis.org/ live WI
Posted by Billy on March 14, 2011, 8:27 pm
> In article > > > > And don't forget to mask tape your windows ;O)) > > Fingers crossed till it hurts.
Make it hurt worse. I'm watching News Line NHK and they are reporting
radiation leaks. So far they are telling people not to panic, but to
leave the area as fast as possible =:Oo
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> birdseed. Cheap birdseed is a mixture of desirable (like sunflower) and
> undesirable (like thistle) seeds so perhaps it makes more sense to plant
> specific seeds that produce bee friendly flowers.
>
> Besides sunflowers, what other cheap seeds will produce flowering plants
> that bees will find attractive. The goal would be to have flowers
> throughout from spring and summer, and into the fall if possible, that
> will attract and support the local bee population. If you were a bee
> checking the Bee OpenTable for restaurants, what would you like to see on
> the menu?