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Bookhenge: Resident bluebird watches over the garden . . .
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Bookhenge: Gardener Eileen and husband Glenn with Stella and Benz take a spin around the garden.
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Bookhenge: So what's that white box to the right of the steps?????
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Bookhenge: Very curious . . .
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Bookhenge: I can explain this . . .
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Bookhenge: What you have here is a bee trap designed to give the bees inside the wall a one-way ticket out.
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Bookhenge: This funnel or snoot only allows the bees out . . .
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Bookhenge: Here comes one now . . .
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Bookhenge: Out he comes . . .
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Bookhenge: But try as he might -- there's no way back in . . .
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Bookhenge: Nope, not that way . . .
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Bookhenge: Hmmm that looks interesting! Is that a flower???
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Bookhenge: Nope, it's a decoy hive with frames for the bees to deposit their pollen . . .
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Bookhenge: Bees come out to search for food and this is convenient for them to move into . . .
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Bookhenge: Inside the box there are the frames that store pollen and honey . . .
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Bookhenge: Bees in the portable hive . . .
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Bookhenge: And here they are trying to get back into the hive . . .
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Bookhenge: But no luck . . .
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Bookhenge: Glenn, a Bee Whisperer, pets a bee . . .
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Bookhenge: After the bee visit . . .
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Bookhenge: Stella takes a break . . .
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Bookhenge: Fence garden is looking lovely . . .
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Bookhenge: Especially the purple clemantis!
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Bookhenge: In the sunlight . . .
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Bookhenge: Close-up
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Bookhenge: Really close-up
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Bookhenge: Lots of volunteers in the garden . . . tomatoes
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Bookhenge: Chinese basil
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Bookhenge: Pineapple tomatillos aka ground cherries . . .
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Bookhenge: Humble, often little-appreciated ground cherry volunteers now have a sanctuary