“A bee gathering on purple coneflower” Prints, Products, and Gifts from Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography

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Capture the buzz of a summer garden with this charming macro photograph. The image centers on a vibrant Purple Coneflower (Echinacea), its soft lavender-pink petals drooping gracefully around the spiky, rusty-orange cone.

The real stars of the show are the two visitors sharing a moment: a fuzzy honeybee resting on the petals and a tiny hoverfly perched right next to it on the cone.

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A beautiful duo of purple and white foxgloves standing tall in the garden.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

Photographed and edited by Kev.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

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A lovely afternoon defined by the colors of summer:

Two peacock butterflies on a field of lilac.

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Hey friends, this is how I recommend saving lettuce seeds for ease and joy!

As with most plants, there are numerous ways to save lettuce seeds, but this results in the easiest cleaning experience.

Lettuce flowers sequentially so seeds dont all ripen at once. You get the seeds that are exactly ripe now.

Do you save your lettuce seeds?

#seedsaving #seedtoseed #lettuce #cleaningseed #gardening #summergarden #homesteading