May 6, 2026 · 36 min · 21 segments
Compared to other insects, bees are pretty hopeless pollinators. Flies, on the other hand, can pollinate plants *and* kill your aphids. Join Isabella Tree as she finds out what gets Erica McAlister…
Erica McAlisterGuest
Isabella TreeHost
Um, but I wondered if we could kind of kick off with the sort of premise that we think about gardens culturally totally in terms of plants and the visual look of them, the, the aesthetic.
When you think about everyone likes them tidy, and they likes them in certain areas.
And, you know, my mother's generation, the generation before that, they would, all their beds would be perfectly organized in terms of shape and structure, and they didn't really care where the plants came from.
And it's like, so even though it was the most, you know, it's the natural environment, these gardens were often completely, utterly, uh, unimportant for all the insects.
Um, but I wondered if we could kind of kick off with the sort of premise that we think about gardens culturally totally in terms of plants and the visual look of them, the, the aesthetic.
When you think about everyone likes them tidy, and they likes them in certain areas.
And, you know, my mother's generation, the generation before that, they would, all their beds would be perfectly organized in terms of shape and structure, and they didn't really care where the plants came from.
And it's like, so even though it was the most, you know, it's the natural environment, these gardens were often completely, utterly, uh, unimportant for all the insects.
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