Archive for month: August, 2021

Another Valuable Pollinator Joins the World: A Monarch Story

August 27, 2021by Applewood Seed Co.

Just a few days ago, our staff was weeding in our trial gardens when they noticed what looked like a leaf hanging under the shed door. Curious, he took a closer look. There, dangling precariously just above the ground, was a tiny green chrysalis. And sure enough, our trials and research coordinator identified it as […]

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Beneficial Wasps and You

August 2, 2021by Applewood Seed Co.

What is the first thing you think of when you hear, “wasp”? Was it yellow jacket, hornet, fear, nuisance, pain? What about beneficial wasps? Have you heard of them? What do you think they do? For many the concept of a “beneficial wasp” is entirely foreign and difficult to believe. There are actually thousands of […]