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Bug of the World

Posted on24. Oct, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Have you been invaded by ladybugs lately? We have. Last week the temperatures were below freezing; but this week, it’s been very mild– near 70 degrees today! And all this week that the temps have raised, the ladybugs are EVERYWHERE. We had a swarm swirling around our back door and our living room window. A [...]

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Oh Deer Oh Deer!

Posted on05. Oct, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

They’re back.

Mama Deer brings her newborn babies to our gardens every year. *sigh* Deer are very cute, but they are eating machines on legs. They decimated my Rose of Sharon, Apple trees, Willow trees, well just about everything (!) a year ago. Their appetite is insatiable. An hour of no eating is like a day [...]

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Strange Yellow Beetle in My Garden

Posted on29. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I’m hoping there’s a bug expert here amongst my readers. My daughter was out looking at our grapes on our grape vine, and saw this huge yellow beetle on the leaves. YUK!!! Does anyone know what beetle this is? Does it eat grapes??

The beetle is large, about 1.5 to 2 inches long. It flew away [...]

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The Sawfly Larva is Back :(

Posted on15. May, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I thought we got rid of them all last year. I went out to my garden yesterday, to see how the weeds flowers and shrubs are growing, and spotted these nasty little devils on my Scotch pines again.
**sigh**
They are small right now; can you see them?

In case, you don’t remember or you weren’t [...]

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Tis the Pest Season

Posted on21. Apr, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I only have 3 or 4 flowers blooming right now. But my garden beds are filling with weeds already. Isn’t it amazing how quickly those nasty weeds grow?! And our temperatures here have hardly broken 45 degrees and already the bugs and spiders are comng out of the woodwork. I’ve already seen flies, spiders, [...]

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