Photos by Tom Saturday it was still wicked hot and humid so I stayed inside and watched movies and napped. It rained during the night and the temps started to slowly drop on Sunday. Tom’s been putting

Дуже важко цього року дістається врожай у нашому саду. Дерев тут небагато, здавалося б - їх всі легко тримати у прекрасному вигляді. Обробляти, підживлювати, поливати, підрізати, - це без проблем. Але

Yesterday morning I had in mind to plant some of my seedlings out into the garden. But I decided against it for two reasons: 1) it was going to be a very warm day (89 degrees), and 2) thunderstorms were

Ця приказка, чи то пак - народна мудрість, мене часто навідує, щоб попередити: не час стресувати і опускати руки, працюй і не упускай дрібниць! Це стосується всього, що ми вирощуємо на нашій присадибній

the coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros are large, impressive looking, solid insects, among the strongest in the world. but they are well known for attacking coconut and other palm trees. though

This is an update of sorts, though I never got a chance to show you the first post. Hints of Potato Tower II are mentioned here too. On the left, (above) you have the one of the few pictures of my cabbage

Acanthophorus serraticornis?? a wood boring longicorn i am usually both happy and curious to find new insects in our garden and around the house in coastal southern Maharashtra. this one was different.

After getting discouraged due to lack of resources to fence the little space I have been using for my garden, after goats and fowls had been terrorising the plants there, I abandoned it. But I decided

The tomato crop (Solanum lycopersicum L.) represents one of the vegetables of greatest economic and nutritional value globally, however, its production is constantly threatened by a variety of pests and

Хто про що, а я - про помідори!😉 Бо сьогодні якраз сусід жалівся, як ці помідори його дістали. Два відра вражених фітофторою плодів викинув вечором. А сьогодні збирається і всю грядку знищити: нічого

I was out in the yard late afternoon when the sky cleared up (it had been raining all night and all morning). While there, I heard a boy crying along the street below, but couldn't quite see what was going

Ага, уявіть: є така назва комах, "клопи-москалі"! Хоча і тих двоногих, хто прийшов до нас із півночі, щоб вбивати, руйнувати і загарбувати чуже, я би теж так назвала. Але не хочеться комах ображати.

Here is a bit of an intro of who I am and I got into some pest trapping I do at home and some goals for the future

Коли я тільки починала планувати новий квітник, то знала, що тут є старі-престарі кущі півоній, викохані у свій час мамою. Деякі із них навіть знайшла ще в кінці минулого літа, і розсадила. Думаю, через

Після кількох днів безперервного дощу нарешті виглянуло сонечко. І це дало мені можливість знову приступати до оформлення бувшого квітника у новому стилі. Як це зробити, я точно ще не знаю. Та ідеї приходять

Greetings! From what I’ve learned, natural disasters that affect gardens and farms are not just the earthquakes, fires, and floods that we commonly associate with the term “natural disasters.” Things like

Owning agricultural land has many challenges. One of them is the attack by and encroachment of wild animals. Where there are farm lands, there are bound to be animals, especially if the lands are close

Hello dear friends! Today I want to tell you that I had to send to sterilize my cat pretinha, I have her since she is very small, I took her from the street and I didn't know how old she was and that's

Hello, today i am posting some pictures of the mealybugs that infested my pomegranate plant last year. I had to spray this plant with alcohol every day for three weeks to get rid of them. Pests like these