Aphids Made Me Do It Last year, the okra in my garden was covered with aphids. I wanted to use natural pest control, and ladybugs were the answer. I ordered live ladybugs from an online vendor. I released my mail order ladybugs into the garden and the aphids were controlled in three days and for the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Garden Pests and Problems'
Ladybug Desire
July 17th, 2014 2 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · aphids · eggplant · garden pests · Okra · Organic Gardening · Raised Garden · soil solarization · Vegetables
They Are Eating My Herbs!
March 21st, 2014 1 Comment
Fennel Stripped to the Stems Last spring, I wrote about finding my parsley patch stripped down to the stems overnight by a bunch of colorful caterpillars. Black Swallowtail Caterpillars They were Black Swallowtail caterpillars, and they had voracious appetites. They are back and chowing down on my garden. Last week, they stripped the fennel plants […]
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterflies · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · fennel · garden pests · parsley · Raised Garden
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
July 21st, 2013 No Comments
Caterpillar Issues If you remember, I wrote about what I thought were Monarch caterpillars eating my parsley. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar It turned out that they were Black Swallowtail caterpillars. They look very much like Monarchs… same size and color, but the striping is slightly different. Cocoon Shortly after I discovered the caterpillars, I found a chrysalis […]
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterfly · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · garden pests · parsley
