I propped them up with chairs for now while I figure out what to do, maybe tie them to the fence or prop them up with those cheap, short fences you stick in the ground.
That’s it, that’s the post. Get a good uv light, head into the garden at night, clip branches and remove any unwanted visitors. You can bring them to a non threatening spot across the land or down the road where they wont bother anyone else’s garden.
Last year I replaced my conventional lawn with elfin thyme. It's nearly tripled in size in 11 months, requires 25% of the water and provides a nice little nectar for the local pollinators.
The way I ran to get my phone…
Hi guys,
I'm purchasing a house in the UK. A recent survey detected some bamboo in the garden. I know it can be a nightmare to remove.
I'm not even sure what I'm looking at in the pics. Anything I should be concerned about? Would it be a deal breaker?
Advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!
not sure what to do with all the little ones.
My dad and I have a garden. Our Lettuce bolted, broccoli flowered, basil flowered, Peas didn’t have enough support, BUT ☝️ We have a cherry tomato that has ripen, some pea pods before we pull the plants to start for next year, sweet peppers are growing, garlic is thriving, onions? not making me cry. We also have asparagus growing as well.
Tomatoes started to experience a blight but i managed to save it by cutting the branches before it went further down the line. The heatwave did mess up my tomato’s and we lost of a lot branches as well, BUT!!!! There is new growth as well!
We are collecting the seeds of the bolted lettuce, seeds of the broccoli, and basil for next year. Not a loss, just an investment. My dad and I will make a game plan for next year and optimize the space better.
This is the first time i’ve ever gardened, so there have been hiccups.
This is my first year growing zucchini’s. I have grown black, grey and yellow zucchini’s from seed and have these two so far, but don’t know if they are ready to be picked or not. Also, is there a way to tell the plants apart?
I managed to get these close-up shots of a honey bee working its way across my flowering thyme today.
The thyme is part of my small rooftop mini pond / Japanese-inspired container garden in the Netherlands. It’s amazing how quickly the bees discovered it once it started blooming. They spend several minutes moving from flower to flower, completely ignoring me while I take photos.
I thought the wing details and pollen hairs came out pretty well, so I wanted to share them.
Do honey bees have a preference for thyme compared to other common garden herbs in your experience?
📷 Taken with my iPhone.
My 83 year old father, who grew up as a real deal farmer in North Dakota, won’t let me put mulch in our garden. When I try to ask about it, he just grumbles about weeds and mess. But without mulch, we end up with so so many weeds and the soil dries out. We do still get good harvest so I don’t push it too much.
Is this an actual school of thought though? The no mulch garden? Old grumpy farmers hate mulch?
Thank you!
here is my basil. healthy one day before, attacked overnight. I don't see earwigs. no slugs. no caterpillars. there was a tiny praying mantis. but I read that these do not eat basil and are great at eating things that EAT basil so please grow quickly, friend. help. what is it??
They’re going after my green beans and my roses. We had a thrip infestation so everything has been sprayed with spinosad soap, but that hasn’t stopped these guys.
Any advice?
Edit: thank you everyone. As a Filipina (living in USA though where they’re invasive), my first thought was “not them colonizing my people first and now my garden 😭” (I hope this is as funny as I thought this was)
Plan of attack:
Thank you again!!
I bought six lavender plugs from a nursery. After potting them and maybe giving a bit too much water, they look so sad! They are sitting in a south facing windows that gets great morning and afternoon light. What else can/should I do?
Just collected about 200 of them from my garden 😭🤢I swear there is a new battle to fight every day
I’m also a victim of peppergate 😂 I bought what I thought was jalapeño- but I’m left with mystery pepper. Can anyone help identify?
I created this mulberry picker to harvest out of reach berries. Works great!
Pretty soon I'm going to have to find a new place to park!