Different bees and pollinators benefit from specific types of flowers. Whether a flower is deep or shallow, red or yellow, generous with nectar or stingy... These all impact the attractiveness to different pollinators. We have collected some of the Best Flowers for Honey Bees on this poster that is free to download. Backyard beekeepers should consider growing some of these flowers to improve bee health and honey quality.
I started several seedlings of several varieties of tomatoes. All had good germination but every Sunchocola seedling appeared to struggle through the seedling stage relative to every other variety. However, once they were transplanted outdoors, they recovered very well and have quickly put out several long trusses of fruit. So glad to see them bounce back and looking forward to these fruit.
These germinated well but didn’t produce as much as I hoped. Maybe I didn’t provide optimal conditions so will try again. We also preferred the taste of the Sugar Ann snap peas, but that is just personal.
These were deliciously snappy little peas! I wish the yield per plant was a little better but I will definitely be growing these again.
Always reliable. Grows well in late winter into early spring in an unheated greenhouse.
