Posts under ‘Bugs’

The bright flashes of red on the sunflower leaves caught my eye as I passed by the bed. First one, then two, then it was as if my eye had calibrated to pick them up, and the ladybugs were everywhere, scattered amidst the leaves like water droplets.
Ladybugs and I have a troubled history: I used [...]

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Not that long ago, I went out to cut some parsley for a dish I was making, and very nearly harvested myself a caterpillar.

I don’t understand how this works. There were, as it turned out, three of these vibrant guys hanging out in my two parsley pots, all chilling on a parsley sprig of their [...]

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It’s probably too early—far too early—to declare the Great Bean Experiment of 2007 a success.
But, at least temporarily, there seem to be good things happening. There are flowers on the bean plants. Lots of flowers. And as I’ve learned, flowers beget vegetables. As much as I love flowers for flowers’ sake, I sure do adore [...]

There’s been all kinds of news this year about the lack of bees around the country. I’m as troubled by this as everyone else, and must admit that this year, there are many fewer bees in evidence in my garden than last summer. I don’t know if I just planted the wrong things, or if [...]