Tag: pest control

• Ligaya Gardening Tips #1 Leave some veggies for the Bugs

  

  It can be beneficial to leave a few plants after they have finished producing edible bits for you and use them as lures for pests.

  ligayagardener

  May 29, 2021

  Gardening

  aphids, garden pests, hoverflies, insects, ladybirds, ladybugs, permaculture, pest control, predators, sow thistle, weeds

• Gifts from (slightly) above

  

  Having wild birds around can bring mixed benefits. We reckon there’s more positive than negative aspects of having thema round. Ligaya Garden is a living ecosystem and they have their place.

  ligayagardener

  May 3, 2021

  Community, Gardening

  bird song, birds, blackbirds, doves, Gardening, insects, parrots, pest control, sparrows, vegetables, wattle birds

• Cleaning the Tomatoes

  

  Letting things go in the garden can have reprercussions

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  February 11, 2021

  Aquaponics, Gardening

  Aquaponics, caterpillars, disease, garden pests, pest control, tomatoes, wilt

• A Lizard in the garden

  

  I was pretty stoked for this to be the first thing I noticed when I came home today. For those non-Aussies reading this, it’s a juvenile Bluetongue lizard. And yes, their oversized tongues really are blue. They poke them out to scare off attackers. Bluetongues can get to almost the size of a Volkswagon Beetle…

  ligayagardener

  March 27, 2020

  Gardening

  diversity, excitement, lizards, Nature, pest control

• Last month in Ligaya Garden Nov/Dec 2019

  

  The weekly updates were proving a bit tricky, so I’ve opted to do a bigger, monthly update from now on… All of the posts will be listed here on this page for your elucidation and convenience. Catching up Things got a bit out of whack in the garden over the last month. We’ve all been…

  ligayagardener

  December 16, 2019

  DIY, Gardening, Nature

  drip irrigation, Gardening, humidity, irrigation, pest control, pests, summer, Watering, weather