Thanks Lawrence, I really wanted to see the bees in the milkweed.
Am finding this link not working either, though.
Frances
-----Original Message-----
From: venaurafarm
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 7:05 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: [permaculture] Corrected links. Re: help Eric Toensmeier write his
new book
None of the previous links seem to work but these will.
On 4/5/2013 9:58 PM, venaurafarm wrote:
> On 4/5/2013 9:57 PM, venaurafarm wrote:
>
>> Thumbs up for milkweed. It grows like a weed if left to naturalize
>> without mowing. Here's a video I made of bumblebees foraging on milkweed
>> blooms; they are really going at it.
>> What about vines? Campsis radicans or trumpet vine is a beautiful
>> landscape feature and is not difficult to control. Insects of all sizes
>> seem to use it as a food source so it would have a niche in a
>> permaculture design. Here are videos of this plant: