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This Month's Magazine Includes:
Al and Wendy's Garden Tour
Bill Herrings Advice on Fertilizing Tomatoes
Summer Pruning Techniques
New Potato Soup with Fresh Basil Recipe
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You know your addicted to Gardening When....
Classified Ads and Food Related Events
Feature Article:
"Queen of the Sun - What are the Bees Telling Us"
"Queen of the Sun - What are the Bees Telling Us"
We’re calling it “Colony
Collapse Disorder” but what it really means is our industry farming practices
are killing the greatest pollinator we have, the Honey Bee. The film shows images of bee hives on pallets
being shrink-wrapped in plastic film to transport bees by truck. It shows miles and miles of Almond Orchards
with nothing else available for the bees to eat and as a result, the bees are
leaving or dying. The bees are starving on these plantations.
With 40% of our foods
being pollinated by bees, they are essential to our food production, our health
and our well being. Instead of honoring
these creatures, we are mechanizing the bee Industry by transporting them to
these large mono-culture orchards. We
are artificially inseminating the Queen Bees, and we are using pesticides that
are affecting their ability to return to their hive. A bee out of its hive, cannot survive. The
Honey Bees are in crisis, and they need our help. Here is a list of ways we can help the Bees:
Grow flowers, plant, herbs to provide food for the bees
Eliminate pesticides in our gardens and lawns
Bees need water. Place basins of water throughout your garden with landing pads of rocks or sticks to prevent drowning.
Buy locally grown honey from Bee keepers who avoid the use of chemicals in their production and sell “raw” honey
Eat organic and pesticide free food
Become a Bee keeper with sustainable practices
Website for film: http:www.queenofthesun.com/
| Flowering Plants of Interest to Beekeepers | |||
| The following are some of the plants that may be suitable, arranged in the approximate sequence of their blooms. | |||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Month | Comments |
| Hamamelis mollis | Chinese Witch Hazel | January | Fragrant |
| Sarcococca confusa | Himalayan Sweet Box | January | Fragrant, deep shade |
| Eranthis heymalis | Winter Aconite | Feb. | |
| Snowdrops | Feb. | ||
| Helliborus nigra | Christmas Rose | Jan./Feb. | |
| Helliborus orientalis | Lenten Rose | Feb./Mar. | |
| Snow Crocus | Feb. | ||
| Large Flowering Crocus | Mar. | ||
| Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' | Winter Flowering Cherry | Nov.-Feb. | Has disease problems |
| Erica 'Red Variety' | Winter Heather | Feb./Mar | |
| Ribies sanguineum 'King Edward' | Flowering Currant | April | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry, Kinnininnick | March | Deer resistant, red new shoots |
| Prunus 'Pissardii Nigra' | Purple Japanese Fl. Plum | March | |
| Spiraea thunbergii | Spirea | April | |
| Prunus serrulata 'Shirotae' | Mt. Fuji Japanese Cherry | E. April | Larger hybrid of Star Magnolia |
| Prunus x yedoensis 'Akebono' | Daybreak Japanese Cherry | Mar./Apr | |
| Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan' | Kwanzan Japanese Cherry | April | Darkest pink variety |
| Malus floribunda | Japanese Flowering Crab | May | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia 'Fresia' | Golden Locust | Summer | Drought tolerant, best yellow tree |
| Azalea Exbury Hybrids | Deciduous Azalea | May | |
| Spiraea vanhouttei | Bridal Wreath Spirea | May | |
| Pyracantha 'Mohave' | Mohave' Firethorn | June | Winter berries |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria' | 'Victoria' California Lilac | June | Widely planted evergreen |
| Tilia sp. | Linden or Lime Tree | June | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black Tupelo Tree | ||
| Catalpa speciosa | Indian Bean Tree | July | |
| Cotoneaster horizontalis | Fishbone Cotoneaster | Mid. May | |
| Cotoneaster dammerii | May | ||
| Hypericum calycinium | St. John's Wort | ||
| Geranium sanguineum | Cranesbill | June | |
| Sedum | June | Grows in very poor soil | |
| Thymus praecox 'Coccineus' | Mother of Thyme | June/July | |
| Lavandula angustifolia | English Lavander | June/July | |
| Spartium junceum | Spanish Broom | July/Aug. | Blooms all summer |
| Rudbeckia | Black Eyed Susan | August | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Cone Flower | August | |
| Buddleia davidii | Butterfly Bush | July/Aug | |
| Abelia | Aug./Sept. | ||
| Calluna vulgaris var. | Summer Heather | Aug./Sept. | |
| Sedum spectable | Fall Blooming Sedum | Aug./Sept. | |
| Crimson Clover | Blooms 2nd year | ||
| Prepared by: | |||
| Bernie Dinter | |||
| B. Dinter Nursery | |||
| 2205 Phipps Rd. 5 km south of Duncan on Hwy. #1 | |||
| Duncan, B.C. V9L 6L2 | |||
| Ph. 250-748-2023 | e-mail: info@dinternursery.ca |
www.dinternursery.ca |
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