Lady Bug-08-12-09

Last summer I wrote about the serious aphid infestation on my honeysuckle bush, and my serendipitous encounter with lots of lady bug larvae on my fence (larvae that I then moved over to the honeysuckle). As it turned out, my rescue attempt was “too little, too late”, but I did end up with a decent population of lady bugs on my property in general, which was great!

Hopefully this year, with closer monitoring and (hopefully) more lady bugs in the area, the honeysuckle will be back to producing a nice show of flowers!

Written by Compost Guy on May 5th, 2010 with 2 comments.
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Sunflower & Bumble Bee 08-10-09

Last summer I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the various sunflowers in my all natural “privacy fence” – I used a seed mix called “Monet’s Pallete“, and it certainly lived up to the name.

While capturing some images of these flowers, I also happened to catch some bees and other insects as well, which was really cool. I’ll definitely share some of the other shots over time (don’t want people to get sick of seeing sunflowers right off the bat! haha).

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Written by Compost Guy on April 13th, 2010 with 1 comment.
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