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Supply of special mud for the mason bees |
"It's been a very bad year, and next year will probably be worse," is the way I remember a line from The Wind and the Lion; I don't know how accurate my memory of the quote might be, but it seems a fair assessment of the state of the world currently. So it seems both particularly self-absorbed and particularly essential to pay attention to things that aren't awful and that, really, means things that happen on our wee bit of property. Last week I finally received my desperately awaited package from the Rent Mason Bee people and we wasted no time in setting out the bee house and opening up the capsule containing the mason bee cocoons. Two or three bees emerged immediately which was gratifying since most of the plum's blossoms had already blown away.
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Block for future mason bees plus tube of cocoons |
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A few of the few remaining plum blossoms |
Whether those bees had any interest in the plum, I can't say. If they had any sense at all they quickly returned to the container from which they'd emerged since the weather soon returned to scarcely above freezing. It's not an easy year, even within Aurora's penumbra. But we've established a hole with some very sticky clay-mud for the masons to use should they deign to reproduce here and we are hoping for the best. It's a very pretty time of year in Seattle, even if it's as cold as November and life feels fraught.
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The quite lovey backyard mid-April *Once more, I haven't a clue what is going on with the formatting on this post. So it goes. |
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