Chives Will Never Look the Same Again

Chives are an extremely useful and unfussy garden plant. They are among the earliest plants to emerge in spring; offer a ready supply of green onions through the first mild frosts with almost no tending; self-seed readily but not too aggressively; and put forth these lovely purple flowers in late May and early June. There is also some evidence that they may provide anti-fungal benefits to the surrounding plants.

In short, I like them and have several large plants scattered throughout the garden. And we're now experimenting with moving some of smaller "volunteers" near the apple tees in the orchard.

Still, they might not have gotten their own posting. But after work today, I took a cup of cold mint tea out to a chair in one of the only late afternoon sunny spots in the garden. It's right next to the chives. And my attention was immediately caught by all the movement and buzzing to my right. There were almost a dozen different kinds of bees, wasps, butterflies, beetles and other pollinators concentrated in just a few cubic feet. So I went back for the camera.