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Planting Sweet Potatoes
Tuesday I bought 9 Beauregard sweet potato plants from a local store. I haven’t grown sweet potatoes in a very long time. This afternoon I started digging the bed for the plants. Sweet potatoes like a hot sunny place, so I decided to put them in a location that is already taken.
The plants in the […]
Life of a Lady Beetle
The photographs here show the life of Lady Beetles - Coleoptera: Coccinellidae. If you see any of the bugs that are pictured above and below in your trees, bushes, or plants, please do not kill them. Ladybugs are good bugs. They eat aphids.
— - Aphid Lion (lady beetle larva) — -
The first picture is the ladybug larva. It […]
Lettuce & Floating Row Cover
This year I am growing lettuce under a floating row cover. A floating row cover is a very light fiber fabric. I buy mine from Garden’s Alive (note their $25 off $50 on the home page). I have been using garden’s alive products for a very long time. I recommend them. Enter floating row cover […]
Garden Mulch
Five days ago, I began mulching the garden. Some of the plants are tall enough to handle the thick layer of mulch that I like to put down. Some plants are not tall enough and they are not mulched yet. We are blessed to have a wooded section in our backyard and that is where […]
Jugs in the Garden
Gardeners make use of assorted discarded items such as jugs and other types of containers. The purposes of the containers are few but all of the purposes indicate protecting a young plant from something. Some of the things that threaten young plants are bugs, animals, hard rain, and frost. Once the young plant is […]
