And we enter our third week of the season, still lots of greens! For anyone who didn’t try the Mâche/Spinach and Avocado Salad with Tortilla Strips last week, I recommend it! I used bunching onions in the place of shallots & and topped the salad with crumbled corn chips – I imagine the tortilla strips…
Category: garden critters
Lady Bugs
On a rainy evening last week, we released 1500 Laby Beetles into our hoop house. If all goes well, in a few days the Lady Beetles will start to leave clusters of eggs under leaves which will hatch into larvae shortly thereafter. Considering the fact that they’re finding food and that I’ve spotted a few already mating, I…
A Few Garden Critters
I never know what kind of critters I’ll run into when I head out for a days work. This morning, it was a rather handsome, albeit warty, toad. That’s right, aside from being an excellent source of pest control in the garden, toads are handsome little critters. Or, at any rate, this sturdy little fellow had me completely…
Favorite July Moments:
Discovering a Nest of Baby Robbins Watching Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies on Zinnias Spotting a Nymph of Miridae on Sunflower Tasting our First Tomatoes of the Season
The garden teaches me about bugs.
I’ve always loved how the camera teaches awareness and now that I’m spending most of my time in the garden, I’ve been thrilled to learn about things I never thought I’d be interested in. Things like bugs, for example. After my troubles with Cabbage Loopers last year, I became quite invested in learning more about the…
Amazing Heart Farm 