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20 Plants That Keep Away Pests
BornToGarden.com | July 18th 2008 by Joyce Dierschke
My garden so far is completely organic. Meaning, that I don’t use any chemicals of any kind. And that’s the way I’d like to keep it. But as the summer goes on, I’m finding more and more bugs and pests in and around my garden. read more
Gardening in Spain
a brit in spain | July 14th 2008
If there is one thing we miss about UK it’s a garden. Over the years we have created five gardens out of wilderness in UK and a made over a couple in Australia. It is a very satisfactory thing to do. It takes time and effort of course but its well read more
Mutant Coneflower
CartoonGoddess SketchBlog (Wordpress) | July 8th 2008 by Lauren the Cartoon Goddess
This is the second year this has appeared among the purple coneflowers (aka echinacea) in my garden. Have read some accounts that it’s caused by disease. Looks like a mutation, though. Your thoughts welcomed. Note: I’ve done absolutely N read more
Natural remedies to keep the bugs at bay.
Green living | June 30th 2008 by Usha Krishnan
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Garden Tip for Roses
Brambleberries in the Rain | June 18th 2008 by Cindy
Roses love bananas but aphids don’t! Place some banana peels around your roses to help rid them of aphids. The banana peels are also helpful for preventing them. What is even better is the potassium in the banana peels stimulates larger blooms. read more
A Camera Arrives, Cedar Leaves, and Aphids Stay
Urban Hayseed | June 18th 2008 by Rian Schmidt
I got a new camera for Father’s Day. It’ll be here tomorrow. If you follow this blog for whatever reason, you’ll know that I take a lot of pictures. My old Nikon Coolpix 5700 wasn’t cutting it anymore. A very nice came read more
Beneficial Insects in a Georgia Garden
Plant Native | June 17th 2008 by Sharon
When many people see an insect, the first impulse is to kill it. But not all insects are pests, and many are beneficial insects, meaning they do good things like eat harmful insects and pollinate flowers. When we use pesticides to control insect pest read more
verbena odorosa. eh, non mi ricordo se...
torbidoblog | June 10th 2008
verbena odorosa. eh, non mi ricordo se ve ne avevo giá parlato, ma la mia lúcia-lima (=lippia citrodora=verbena...Leggi ancora | Pubblicato da torbidobrodo | Commenti Tags: verbena odorosa, lúcia-lima, lippia citrodora, afidi, aphids read more
Aphids
The Wilting Thumb | May 27th 2008 by HopefulBungler
My Basil has been coming on in leaps and bounds, but given the rather dodgy weather of late and the fact that we seem to have bionic slugs in the back garden, I have relegated them to window sills inside the house.The biggest and most healthy pot of read more
5 Weird Facts
Blog Trot | May 24th 2008
These are very delayed, but I think one of the best lists yet.Weird Fact One The red bumps on a turkey's head are called carunclesWeird Fact Two The first letter Vanna White ever turned on Wheel of Fortune was the letter TWeird Fact Three The first v read more
Aphids and Banana Peels, and update
Welcome To My YardWelcome To My Yard — Your source for inf… | April 25th 2008 by Dave Owen
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I had found a bunch of aphids and ants on my roses. After doing some research, I found that ants like to “raise” aphids. The aphids produce a carbohydrate that the ants love to ingest. So, the aphids read more
Aphids, Ants and Roses
Welcome To My YardWelcome To My Yard — Your source for inf… | April 25th 2008 by Dave Owen
I was out enjoying my cup of coffee, taking in the beauty of my back yard and looking at my roses this morning. I love the spring, it is such a glorious time of year. As I got a close look at my rose plants, I was surprised to see large numbers of an read more
Pest Control
New Gardener Showcase | April 6th 2008 by New Gardener Showcase
Many people who began gardening between 1940 and 1970 believed spraying everything in the garden with poisons was the only way to cope with plant pests and disease. Since then, many gardeners have found that this cure can be worse than the problem. P read more
Welcome Dr. Jeff Gillman!
Gotta Garden | March 9th 2008 by Katie Cook
A Gotta Garden first, I'd like to welcome Dr. Jeff Gillman and introduce him to you. Dr. Gillman is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. His doctorate in horticulture was earned at the University of Georgia as was his master's in e read more
Bug
MacBros` Reviews | August 17th 2007 by John MacDonald
I’m just going to come straight out and say I didn’t much care for Bug. It was just good enough to have me sit through the entire thing wondering if something would actually happen. But to my disappointment, nothing did. If you’re read more
Invasive harlequins threatening British native ladybirds to extin…
Grendiary | July 13th 2007
The harlequin ladybirds, an Asian species, are thriving evasively raising concern among the entomologists. It may soon oust the native British ladybird species, although the birds and butterflies have already been threatened. Initially introduced.. read more
Showy Milkweed
Hermit Crab Food Trials | April 27th 2007 by M Sena
We only had a brief experience with Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), but it was very encouraging. I brought a seed home in my camping gear that landed in my flower bed. I was curious about the weed that I normally see in the mountains that now gr read more
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