Happy Earth Day!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the start of Spring.
I just put out my Mason Bee cocoons and set up an outdoor IP camera to watch them. They should hatch within a week or so.
Hope to do better than last year - I had parasitic wasps that laid eggs in the bee tubes and I lost all of the bees. I got a fresh start from a friend that had a surplus of cocoons from her bee houses.
My wife and I were walking the older dog today, so I got a chance to get a video of a Mining bee going home. Video is slowed to 0.25x. I had a hard time seeing in the bright sunlight, so the video is a bit shaky.
And I didn't get a good angle on this one, but I'm pretty sure it is a wasp (has a pointy butt).
Quite a collection of plants. Reminds me of my Mom's house, except hers were all in the ground. I spent a lot of time climbing very large mango trees when I was a kid 
. Unfortunately, my neighbor's husband died falling out of one. Must be a lot of work watering all those pots...
Happy earth day....
Sharing my gardening activities at the back and front of my house
This is at back of my home
The rest of the image are from the front of my house
The mango tree is just starting to fruit. Beside the mango tree is the mulberries tree.
This is the custard apple tree and fruit
These are flower pots at the side of the house.
Our first really warm sunny day in a while (~18 C). The Mason bees are hatching...
I thought that was a male and female, but the bigger one also seems to have long antennae and a white face.
Very nice. Haven't seen cactus much since I moved from California. Certainly not many cactus flowers. I think the last time I saw cactus was three years ago in Hawaii.
