Bee food

Before we had bees, these were called weeds in our yard. When I was a kid we called them "shooters", because you could loop the stem around itself and pull the top to the loop and shoot it at someone as it popped off.

We now know that Plantains are a source of bee food in this area, and along with the Clover in the yard, help the girls get through our slow period of the season for other pollen and nectar sources.

So this summer, instead of mowing them down, I am mowing pathways through the yard for the humans.