Showing posts with label garden pest control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden pest control. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
The Great Blackberry Takeover...Who's Winning?
Hey Ya'll!
Whew! Can you hang on a minute while I catch my breath?
Thanks. Gulp.
O.K.
Man, what a weekend! It was wonderful and included a massage and pedicure, but it also included a 8 hour day at the salon on Saturday. I work the first Saturday of the month usually, and ideally, it's a manageable 8am to 2pm. I'm not sure what happened this past Saturday, but it was 8am to 4pm solid! I even did color on someone who was only scheduled for a haircut! It was worth it at the end of the day.
After work, I beat it over to this precious plant nursery called The Mad Potter and picked up some marigolds to put in with my tomato plants. Marigolds are supposed to repel pests that attack tomatoes. I'm putting them to the test. Of course, while I was there, I had to check out the herbs and am three herb plants richer now. I've added pineapple sage, orange mint and oregano (I think.). I've also gussied up the wrought iron planter at the back door with bright pink double impatiens and a lovely silvery, small leaved vine. (I forget what it's called.) I would have pics (and I'll get some) but the batteries in the camera are dead and I can't find the charger. Dang it!
I worked in the yard for a couple of hours yesterday and I'm excited that I'm beginning to see some progress. I'm fighting a never ending battle with blackberry brambles and I'm taking back my yard! I'm specifically trying to take back the area under my dining room window right now and boy, did it feel good to see a sizeable patch of it clear out significantly yesterday! There's a huge bed in the front yard that we would love to naturalize. Well, it's gone pretty natural so far. It's eaten up with honeysuckle and blackberries. Not quite the naturalization I had in mind. I may have to call someone in to help clear that out.
Obviously, I still have spring fever! Now, if I only had time (and money) to match desire!
P.S. I bought kale...and potatoes. I'll let you know how that kale over mashed potatoes goes.
Whew! Can you hang on a minute while I catch my breath?
Thanks. Gulp.
O.K.
Man, what a weekend! It was wonderful and included a massage and pedicure, but it also included a 8 hour day at the salon on Saturday. I work the first Saturday of the month usually, and ideally, it's a manageable 8am to 2pm. I'm not sure what happened this past Saturday, but it was 8am to 4pm solid! I even did color on someone who was only scheduled for a haircut! It was worth it at the end of the day.
After work, I beat it over to this precious plant nursery called The Mad Potter and picked up some marigolds to put in with my tomato plants. Marigolds are supposed to repel pests that attack tomatoes. I'm putting them to the test. Of course, while I was there, I had to check out the herbs and am three herb plants richer now. I've added pineapple sage, orange mint and oregano (I think.). I've also gussied up the wrought iron planter at the back door with bright pink double impatiens and a lovely silvery, small leaved vine. (I forget what it's called.) I would have pics (and I'll get some) but the batteries in the camera are dead and I can't find the charger. Dang it!
I worked in the yard for a couple of hours yesterday and I'm excited that I'm beginning to see some progress. I'm fighting a never ending battle with blackberry brambles and I'm taking back my yard! I'm specifically trying to take back the area under my dining room window right now and boy, did it feel good to see a sizeable patch of it clear out significantly yesterday! There's a huge bed in the front yard that we would love to naturalize. Well, it's gone pretty natural so far. It's eaten up with honeysuckle and blackberries. Not quite the naturalization I had in mind. I may have to call someone in to help clear that out.
Obviously, I still have spring fever! Now, if I only had time (and money) to match desire!
P.S. I bought kale...and potatoes. I'll let you know how that kale over mashed potatoes goes.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I'm Going Buggy
As promised, pics from the weekend. These are random and journalistic.
This is a moth we found at our back door under the light. We get some interesting looking ones sometimes. I wish I knew what kind this one is.
This bud has been lassoed.
Another visitor...same day.
O.k. I'm pretty used to seeing interesting bugs visit the yard, but this was a little much for me. Especially when it seemed I saw this sight here and there all over the back yard. It's like they used my back yard as a giant bedroom!
They grow up to be big and ugly and harder to kill.
So I decided to nip it in the bud, so to speak.
This is a moth we found at our back door under the light. We get some interesting looking ones sometimes. I wish I knew what kind this one is.
This bud has been lassoed.
They grow up to be big and ugly and harder to kill.
So I decided to nip it in the bud, so to speak.
This job calls for a highly skilled professional, so I pulled out the big guns.
HIYAH! DIE SUCKERS!
What? you don't have a precious four year old masquerading as a pest control agent?
Talent. Comes in all shapes and sizes.
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