Hello and welcome to the Stew! You'll love it here--friendly people, good garden advice, and lots of beautiful photos of gardens and pets.
I'm a little vague on technical terms, but I'll do my best! The first instar is the tiny caterpillar that hatches from the egg. As it eats and...
Your wife does have great taste--in wind spinners, and in husbands!
Sjoerd, your wish is my command! I just posted on the Members' Gallery some photos we've sent to the Larva Project. Tooty, I'll sort through the...
Sjoerd asked to see some monarch photos, so I dug through our photo file and got these: This is the milkweed that the monarchs use to lay eggs,...
Jerry, yes, we do. The MLMP (Monarch Larva Monitoring Project) is out of the University of Minnesota, and they have monitors and monitoring sites...
When I volunteered at a native garden at a college, the horticulturist used SuperThrive or its equivalent when we transplanted something, and only...
My husband and I went to the pasture to do our first Monarch Larvae Monitoring of the season. He found two instars (caterpillars), one 5th...
Big sign, white background, colorful lettering "Heirlooms!" Then an uncluttered booth--don't put out everything you have, just a basket or two of...
I had ordered shallots from Shumways, and had an area all prepared to plant. I got a notice that my shallots were back-ordered. Hey, I'm in Texas,...
Stratsmom, a heating pad, the kind used for our gardening aches and pains, works fine as a heat mat unless you are doing scads of seedlings (in...
You need taller gnomes! What are tall gnomes called--megagnomes? Love your flowers and their inhabitants.
Good finds! The fossil is what is called an "aggregate" because the fossilized shells are embedded in stone that used to be sand/silt on the ocean...
Cheryl, you have redefined "passalong" plants. Your mom planted, you have tended, and now all that loveliness has been passed on to your aunt!...
I am not sure, but it is the lactose that is the active ingredient. If buttermilk has lactose, and I think it does, give it a try! Who knew...
Yes, removing the spotted leaves will help, but be sure to dispose of them in the trash, not the compost heap! Go ahead and spray--just because...
Toni, it looks like the very early beginnings of black spot. It can be controlled (and prevented, but not cured) by a milk solution. Powdered...
Well, Captain, that photo exceeded my expectations for beautiful! Thank you for sharing your 25 year old, absolutely magnificent Bleeding Heart...
That is one very large rose, as you said, and it's also very lovely. Don't you feel sorry for roses that don't have any scent?
Keep warm, Captain! I'm looking forward to seeing that photo--Bleeding Heart is such a lovely plant.
