Nature's Way
Ladybugs bringing good luck to everyone! One of my favorite things about being a human being is the chance to experience how the web of life goes on around us every day, whether or not we participate, and whether we even notice. A few weeks ago, that played out in a small but significant way in my perennial sunflower patch, and happily, I was there to notice and learn. Because I’ve spent all my other summers in the Pacific Northwest, I haven’t yet gotten to see my Arivaca garden's sunflower patch in bloom. Nevertheless, I always enjoy how the sturdy green shoots pop up out of the soil each spring and head up towards the sun. So on the day I started getting my drip irrigation up and running for the first time this year, I saw that the bright green sunflower leaves had popped up, and I headed over to check them out. Our sunflower patch is planted in the bottom of the "Sombrero Pond", which we built to catch and temporarily hold the mo...