Author: Eloine
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Pest and Disease Finder, Bugs, Insects, Pest Control: Gardener’s Supply
Got this in the email today from gardeners about cucumber beetles being a problem in the garden. I am having some trouble with my squash and my cucumber plants suddenly looking very wilted and brown spots on the leaves. I will post pics of what they look like. I was concerned I would not get…
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My Special One
Had to bring my new special boy out to see my garden. He ate flowers and bugs and many other things he shouldn’t have 🙂
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Plants I bought today
Crimson Bottlebrush LOROPETALUM Lisianthus, Eustoma, Prairie Gentian or Texan bluebell Got them transplanted today 🙂 My reason for the bottle bush is that it seems to grow in most soils and tolerates our salty water. Also the peacoks seem to leave it alone. From what I read it’s not poisonous. Must just not be a…
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Mason Bee/Leaf cutter
I am thinking of making a Mason Bee box. Not so much to attract mason bees although I think that would be cool too but I have seen many leaf cutter bee nests. I thought they were mason bees but now I see there is a difference. They apparently use the same kind of box.…
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Daddy Long Leg with a cluster of babies
I opened a box and found this inside. I thought she was holding a sac of eggs until I zoomed in close and realized they were little bitty spiders. This spider is also called Holocnemus pluchei
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EZ Flo & SUPERthrive
Finally hooked up my EZFlo garden feeder today. I was a bit worried about hooking up fertilizer to this thing because I wasn’t sure I would know how to set the mixture. Plus I have a mixture of plant types so how to know! I have seen this superthrive thing in the store for a…