Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
Here's a rave to balance my rants: Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa). This is our second year with this plant blooming in our garden, and it is such a pollinator magnet! Yesterday, I counted approximately 40 bumblebees on our one plant! I say "approximately" because the bees kept moving around, making it hard to get a precise headcount. It's such a wonderful plant.
That is awesome!! I love watching the bees on the pollinator plants! My fall pollinator plants are a New England Aster and a Montauk daisy (it's huge--I really need to cut it back). They are both nice to have when all the other summer flowers are fading and wilting.

Here is my rave--related to gardening. I hand-screened my compost yesterday because we had to migrate my bin from one side of the yard to the other. So bagged the finished stuff and put the rest back in the relocated bin. That compost is beautiful stuff. I think composting is pure magic.

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