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the area where this is at i may be digging up entirely pretty deep anyways (to remove the quack grass that is invading and to put down a...

got as far as i wanted done today. looks, much, much nicer. the end part i have left to do is full of quack grass, that is not going...

working on pathway edge today. first day outside. yes, i'm overdoing it.. will feel it later i'm sure. :) but i already feel happy...

we've had late enough frosts the past few years that the lone lilac tree hasn't bloomed very much. it probably could also use a bit of...

I have a blue light and they do glow at night. 🙃. Helps me pick them off. Baking soda discourages them some but washes off fast.

they can be a challenge to find and hand pick but i would rather do that than spray. we do have mantis here but the garden does not...

Those darned hornworms are destroyers!!

In normal numbers, they are spread too thinly to be effective. In the concentrations that I have them, they work very well. The first...

We have a lot of wasps, I hate them but they have a job and from what I have red they eat aphids

I just read up on Mantis in Washington State. They are the European type, not native. Up here, they are supposedly not an effective pest...

After checking out the fruit trees and the lavender beds protected against speed ball- I moved all the tools, buckets and things and...

It may come down to importing native bees eventually. Ground nesting bees, mason bees. All I have seen in the last three years is...

I keep bees. I rarely see honeybees on the lilacs. Bumblebees, yes but not honeybees. I plant yellow sweet clover every year. It...

I found a plastic bag hanging on my barbed wire fence. When I removed the bag there was a huge one sitting on the fence wire which I...

Bought on eBay. I've only found a half dozen here before. It did not specify whether these are Chinese or Carolina. I have bought...