Nellie Gail Garden Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF8MV64NhrE bees

Most fruit trees need a PH of 7 and below to 6.5--- https://www.thespruce.com/methods-to-make-soil-more-acidic-3269735

https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/creating-a-bumblebee-nest-zbwz1902zsau/#:~:text=Since%20most%20bumbles%20nest%20in,spring%20and%20is%20very%20distinctive. we are going to make or show you depending how many bring pots how to make a bumble bee hives--- We need a old piece of tile. (bring a few if you have some) a terra cotta pot--- medium size is best (any old pot) I have hoses and chicken wire and will show you how to make one-- I will also bring their favorite plants (if you want some) and talk about how to attract them to our yards Bumble bees are endangered and very rare for them to sting---they live underground and pollinate our plants---sweet peas, lavender and yellow ice plants are their favorites Next meeting in June we will have a honey bee expert come and give us a talk on Honey bees--

how to make a swarm trap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZc_dUn8q0

https://www.allaboutgardening.com/lavender-varieties/

https://www.almanac.com/native-bees-best-pollinators-your-garden https://www.almanac.com/bee-houses-native-solitary-bees

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-would-happen-if-bees-went-extinct-2019-11#:~:text=Narrator%3A%20The%20extinction%20of%20bees,famine%20like%20you%20might%20expect.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/world/wildlife-crisis-biodiversity-scn-climate-intl/index.html

https://www.aliikulalavender.com/how-to-propagate-lavender/

cherries in OC--- https://gregalder.com/yardposts/cherry-trees-in-southern-california/

Pollinators https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517092112

plants that grow in 10 https://www.farmersknowbest.com/2018/12/zone-10.html

Loquat varieties https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/loquatvarieties.htm

https://gregalder.com/yardposts/why-do-onions-flower/

how to root roses http://scvrs.homestead.com/Cuttings1.html https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%5Chttp%3A%2F%2Fscvrs.homestead.com%2FCuttings1.html&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_V15VZMXCGcTIkPIPus2A-A8_35