There are garden plants that don’t seem to have any pest issues at all for some people, but even these are susceptible to certain pests in particular parts of the country. Columbine comes to mind. Growing wild throughout the mountains and seemingly free-styling in the garden, it never seems to succumb to anything. But when ...
Read More | Pest PatrolFall is here, and the butterflies are thick. I haven't finished moving yet, so I'm still able to enjoy the visitors to my established flowerbeds. I've had a few unusual ones already. I saw my first ever Queen this weekend. They are not common this far north and east. I ran to get my camera ...
Read More | Wildlife Gardening JournalEvery once in a while, in the garden, I feel a blessing and witness a miracle. So it was a few weeks ago when I found a Monarch butterfly caterpillar feeding on milkweed plants. I hadn’t found any caterpillars last year and had just about given up on finding any this year. I felt like ...
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