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Showing posts with label Monarchs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monarchs. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

A Tired Time of Year in the Garden: Time to "Tolerate the Uglies"

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As I look around my garden these days, there are definitely places where it's starting to look worn out and ratty. For example, what...
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Friday, August 17, 2018

Monarch Caterpillars, Chrysallises, and Wasps: Sometimes Things Go Wrong

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Two days ago, as I came back into the house after dumping my coffee grounds in the garden, I noticed a small black and white wasp sitting on...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Tolerate the Uglies!!!

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After carefully watching my larval plants for several months (which felt like years!), I'm finally seeing caterpillars on them.  The...
Wednesday, August 01, 2018

A Recent Cast of Characters in My Gardens: Pollinators and Predators

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With the initiation of several days of rain, it seems like a good time to share a few garden photos from the plethora I've taken over th...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Fall? Well, maybe.....

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While all my friends in more northern climes are talking about goldenrod blooming, ducks and geese flying south, and the massive Painted Lad...
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Gaia Gardener:
First it was bugs in jars. Then it was toad races in the sand box. Next, I obsessed over seashells and all the animals living in tidal pools and along the shore. Finally I went to college and studied biology, accidentally becoming a birder and amateur entomologist along the way. Raising a family gave me the impetus to start gardening. Now, many years later, I have come full circle back to bugs, though rarely do I catch them in jars any more. The more I learn, the more fascinated I become with the intricate web of biological connections surrounding us every day. Wasps that lay their eggs on paralyzed grasshoppers. Mosquitoes that prey on other mosquito larvae. Flea beetles that will only consume plant material from one genus of plants. What I can observe and learn in my own backyard is staggering. By caring for that yard organically, the small world that I provide for a huge variety of creatures is enlightening, enlivening, and enriching. How can anyone ever get bored?!
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