Miss Hummingbird
Mating of hummingbirds.
Sometimes it’s hard to be a female.
Even if you are a bird.
Hummingbird males are cads of nature.
Mating and abandoning the female for the next hummingbird on the block.
The females builds the nest, monitors incubation and feeding of her young.
This mating process might appear cruel, but it’s to ensure the hummingbird population.
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Bumblebee French Kissing
A bumble bee’s tongue.
What do you call a bumble bees tongue?
A proboscis.
This is a complex bee part.
It’s a combination of a “tongue proper”.
Which is a hairy tongue, like little feathers. Designed to allow nectar to literally absorbs onto their tongues.
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Why Bees Don’t See Red
Why a bee cannot see the color red explained!
Bees have 3 color receptors. Ultraviolet, blue and green.
Bees can see a red wavelength in orange and yellow.
How can they not see that bright and bold red flower?
Because bees don’t have a red color receptor.
Red is literally unseen by a bee!
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Native Ohio Bees
Native bees to Ohio
Native bees are always more important than the non-native honeybee
Why…
Native bees are responsible for most of the pollen spreading.
How many native bees are in the “Buckeye State”?
Over 400 native bees are in Ohio!
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Without The Color
Seeing nature without color
When you remove the color what do you see?
Beauty
Light
Dark
Life
The wonder of nature continues.
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Orange Nature
Orange meaning in nature.
This spring make sure to splash your garden with some orange.
A garden filled with orange inspires creativity, optimism, happiness and excitement.
Don’t allow the impatience of orange, to discourage your enthusiasm for your garden.
Have the patience to wait for each seed to grow.
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Herbal Companions
The importance of planting various herbs for butterflies and other pollinators.
Dill is an early spring herb. It companions almost everything in your garden.
Sprinkle seeds and it grows. If you let it grow to seed. It'll volunteer the next year.
Fennel is a foe to most herbs and veggies. It's an herb that only has a few friends. I put her in a pots for the Swallowtails.
Does anyone know the other herb butterflies love? Hint: It starts with a "P"!
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The Dill On Swallowtails
The importance of planting dill for Swallowtails
The dill is Swallowtails find the herb a fantastic nursery for their babies.
On top and beneath dill. The Swallowtail secures their tiny eggs on your dill.
When the caterpillars hatch. Dill feeds them just right.
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Milkweed Saves Monarchs
The importance of planting milkweed for the endangered Monarch
This year left me shaken by lack of Monarchs. They need our help!
It's critical that you know when and how to properly collect Milkweed. Don't go picking pods if you don't know when to pick them.
If you are not an entomologist Please, do not raise Monarchs at home. It's considered "backyard breeding".
All you can do is collect native milkweed this Fall.
Plant milkweed and as many pollinator seeds, you can this Spring.
Those actions will make meaningful change for the good of nature. We can only interfere so much. Nature prefers to do her own self-care.
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Flower Statement
Flower color meanings.
Red is for Respect!
Yellow is for Joy!
Pink is for Happiness!
What are your favorite flower colors?
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Peace This Christmas
Happy Christmas
Peace on Earth.
Goodwill to Others.
Spending time with those you love.
Merry Christmas from Eastside Shabby Chic!
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What a Bumblebee Wants
Bumblebees and pollen.
They want high quality pollen!
Did you know that bees can determine the nutrients in the pollen of each flower?
I respect that quality in a Bumblebee!
What a Bumblebee wants I will always try to give!
The proof is in the picture. My pollen is good!!!
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The Bumblebee Club
The duties of a bumblebee
Each one of us is:
A Brain: We're essential to flower pollination.
An Athlete: Beating our wings 200x per second.
A Basket Case: We vibrate a lot. That's how we spread pollen.
A Princess: Bumblebees belong to "Genus 265 Species" group!
A Criminal: We have cuckoo bumblebees.
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Eminem, Gardens and Dreams
Empowering your dreams.
Think about chances missed. Dreams for future hopes. Waiting for that one shot for opportunity. This time you won't miss it!
The Eastside or 8 Mile. Urban, rural or suburban. A woman must fight hard to make her dreams a reality!
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Message From The Gypsy Moth
The symbolic meaning of the gypsy moth
A gypsy is adventurous, free spirited and independent.
A Moth symbolizes transformation and rebirth.
These reminded me of the message at the end of "Hook".
Peter said, “To Live…To Live. Would be an awfully big adventure.”
My message.
Live all of today's adventures with some gypsy spirit!!!
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Butterfly Fields Forever
The comfort and joy of butterflies.
I could sit all day and watch the butterflies.
Creatures that weigh as much as a paperclip. So much beauty!
Beauty is difficult to see today. Sometimes we have a look a bit harder to find it.
Never stop seeking what makes life wonderful!
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Size Doesn’t Matter
Planning the size of your garden.
A garden can be big or small. The size doesn't matter!
Just like it doesn't matter the size of your dreams.
Tend both well and they thrive.
Ignore them and they struggle.
Neither grows or crumbles in a day. Time, love and lots of patience!!! Those are the secret ingredients to growth!
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A Garden Of Tranquility
Embracing the peace of nature
Let the sun shine brightly on your garden.
If it looks like there is a ray of sunlight always grab it.
I'm sure it's an optical illusion. My heart tells me, it's something more.
We could all listen to the heart a bit more.
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What Does Nature Mean
It all begins with an idea.
Nature means something different to everyone. Some people like rose and others a radish. How we feel about nature is different to the rules. The biggest and only rule is do no harm. Eastside Shabby Chic doesn’t believe in interfering with nature. Instead we offer support. Flowers, herbs and vegetable that benefit the pollinators. Allow nature to make a thriving ecosystem themselves. We offer great help growing a chemical-free garden. Trust nature for the rest.
