Love Thy Pollineighbor
Managing Mosquitoes and Protecting Pollinators Part I – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – May 2017
They’ve been around for more than 100 million years. They’re most active at 80°F and unable to function below 50°F. They can sense the lactic acid and carbon dioxide from […]
10 Ways This Plant Can Improve Your Life – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – April 2017
We pull them, mow them, dig them, stomp them, spray them, shout at them, and lament how they are a nuisance in our lives.
Dandelions.
An underappreciated and underutilized plant in our […]
The Little Mason Bee and Me – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – March 2017
At first I thought they were flies. Tiny, black, wings. Two of them I found legs-up in the windowsill. They were swept away with nary a thought. Until I saw […]
There’s No Place Like a Neonicotinoid-free Home – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – February 2017
Jacksonville was bursting with magic that brisk December evening. White lights and pine swags, staples of a vintage Christmas, on each door and window beckoned passersby indoors for cozy warmth. […]
Busy Bees Thriving – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – December 2016/January 2017
In October, two girlfriends swept me away to a swank resort in Arizona for an early milestone (more like mileboulder) birthday celebration. I felt loved and pampered. Miravel offers […]
Fall for Pollinators – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – November 2016
He looked like something out of the cartoons, a dazzling green blubbery caricature of himself. Given his lazy, lumbering gait, this little guy was in no hurry to get to […]
Jacksonville to Become the Most Bee-Friendly Town in Southern Oregon? – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor – October 2016
I was walking downtown one bright mid-July afternoon and came upon a bee in the middle of 3rd Street. She was on her back spinning frenetically. I reached down and […]