I saw this little guy on the deck when I came home from class yesterday. Well, actually he was pretty big. I've never seen a praying mantis before.
We've gotten all kinds of interesting bugs around the garden! First there was that walking stick on the kiwi plant in the spring. Then there was the giant potato worm thing. Later we found a giant potato worm thing that had been killed by a parasitic wasp which used the carcass as a nest. Now little Manty shows up.
The plan for next year's plantings is set. Our new planting bed is getting ready, too. We're using some German stick pile compost technique there. (which I can't find a link to right now) Basically, all the sticks we got from hacking down a few of the bushes from hell (viciously spiny shrubs) will become food for sweet potatoes by the spring.
I suppose it's time for some work. Have a good holiday.
We've gotten all kinds of interesting bugs around the garden! First there was that walking stick on the kiwi plant in the spring. Then there was the giant potato worm thing. Later we found a giant potato worm thing that had been killed by a parasitic wasp which used the carcass as a nest. Now little Manty shows up.
The plan for next year's plantings is set. Our new planting bed is getting ready, too. We're using some German stick pile compost technique there. (which I can't find a link to right now) Basically, all the sticks we got from hacking down a few of the bushes from hell (viciously spiny shrubs) will become food for sweet potatoes by the spring.
I suppose it's time for some work. Have a good holiday.
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