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Category Archives: pest control
Ants Continued
Mid-girdle above, full girdle below
It’s funny what people think they know about ants. I went to my local Farmer’s Market where there is a booth staffed by master gardeners. I wanted to see if they’d have suggestions Continue reading
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Ants on my Plants
Literally. It’s hard to see here, but each wee kale stem is crawling with ants, from about 1″ to down into the soil. The kale are wilting (though not very quickly), and the ants keep marching on – they’ve moved over to the next row of kale. Continue reading
Posted in kale, pest control
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Attack of the Black Spot
When I first started planting this spring, I thought the 1-mm-ish black spots appearing on my plants were alive. I.e. fungus or other biological agent of destruction for my young seedlings. However, although they continue to appear on plants young and old, they do not grow Continue reading
Posted in bugs, chickens, pest control, update
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