Two days ago, our Snake beans were right as rain. I went out this morning and they were full of holes! The culprit? These little green looper caterpillars. I don’t know their real name, I’ve heard many, usually associated with swearing. I’m lucky that the crop is young, so I can get on top of…
Tag: garden pests
Pear Slugs, not Peach Slugs!
I made a little video this morning about our infestation of Pear Slugs. These voracious little blobs of goo have been tucking into our Pear tree while I’ve been distracted with other things. A good dose of diatomaceous earth has fixed them. The post title alludes to the fact that all day, while discussing them…
Something strange over the garden
After the success of the plastic Owl in the backyard, I decided to go one step further and grab us a flying one. These are quite a clever design, essentially they’re a plastic Owl head on a windsock with wings that stretch a metre wide. I’ve installed it on a 4 metre length of electrical…
Mamma bird is back
Mother Blackbird had so much success raising her first batch of babies by our front door that she’s laid a second batch. It’s really encouraging when critters feel safe enough in our garden to raise families. There was a lot of conflict with blackbirds at first, but we’ve fortified everything and sometimes leave mealworms and…
Top Predator
It’s good to see a predator in the garden! Predstors such as this centipede indicate that there’s a good population of things for it to eat. That means bugs and often the very bugs that eat your veggies! So if you see one of these fellas when you move something or dig in the mulch,…
Bugs love Chinese cabbage too!
In my straw bale bed the bugs love the chinese cabbage (i think its Wongbok) but leave the lettuce, silver beet and kale alone. Months later…I’ve found that the bugs generally like European vegetables over Asian. I know this contradicts the post above, but it’s all a learning experience
