Level Up Your Yard: Get Those Bees and Hummers Vibin' 🐝🌸

The Buzz on Bees & Hummers

Alright, let's keep it 100. Bees and hummingbirds are low-key essential for keeping our gardens alive and thriving, but their populations are takin' an L. It's time to step up and make your backyard the place to be for these lil' guys.

Planting: The Main Character Energy

First things first, you gotta plant the right flowers. We're talkin' tubular flowers in fire colors like red, orange, pink, and fuchsia – that's the hummingbird's type. Think honeysuckle, hummingbird mint, firecracker plant... the whole shebang. And don't sleep on native plants, they're the real MVPs. For the bees, load up on a diverse range of native plants like milkweed and mountain mints.

And peep this: keep those flowers comin' all season long, from early spring to late fall. That way, the bees and hummers always got somethin' to snack on.

Drip Too Hard: Water & Shelter

Bees and hummingbirds be thirsty, for real. Give 'em a place to hydrate with misters, sprinklers, or even just a shallow dish. And for the bees, they also need shelter, right? If you low-key make a bee hotel, you can secure the bag.

Pesticides? That's a Red Flag 🚩

Listen, pesticides are straight up toxic to bees. If you tryna slay, ditch the pesticides or go for bee-safe options. Your plants will thank you, and the bees will be buzzin' your praises.

Late Bloomer, Who Dis?

Don't forget those late-summer bloomers! They're clutch for keeping pollinators fed when everything else is lookin' sad. We're talkin' anise hyssop, Joe Pye weed, cardinal flower, the works! Plus, they add some serious drip to your garden.