May 11 , 2017
Insect Detectives + Tennis Court into Gardens
Cloudy Clarence Shepard Day Jr. prompted this aster to alternate forrader of schedule . Pollinators do n’t beware an early taste of dusk flowers!Parsley ’s on the way out , but not before tiny pollinators strike up soon - to - bloom flowers . And peradventure we ’ll get Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars . Most of our dirt ball are doing us a liberal favor ! For pests out of control , Wizzie Brown , Texas A&M AgriLife Extension - Urban IPM , shows how to discover damage and steps to take . First , retrieve out what ’s bugging you ! Sucking insect like aphids , whiteflies and jaw insects like spider mites do yellow or even browned leave-taking . And that “ rain ” coming from your tree ? That ’s honeydew they ’re excreting , that go to sooty mold on your industrial plant and a prominent mess on your car . Spider mite webbing out of controlTrue hemipteran like harlequin bug , stink bug , and leaf - foot bugs are picayune suckers , too . Yucca bugsCochineal on your cactus is a scale insect cultivated for red dyestuff if you plunk off its white cover and squish it . Control suck gadfly with day-to-day fire of high up - pressured water . Be indisputable to point the undersides of the leaves , too , in the case of spider soupcon and whitefly . you may also use insecticidal Georgia home boy or Azadirachtin or a neem ware . Do n’t use in the heat of day or when temp are above 85 ° to avoid burning leaves . Also , only apply neem sprays in the evening when bee are n’t dynamic . You ’re also giving the pesticide a longer clip to be on the flora to dry .
Beetles CHEW , like flea beetles on my arugula in the past , and a pest on summertime crops like eggplant . verbatim hit on true bug and beetles with an crude product will strangle them . Wizzie tells us , “ But there ’s also a neem concentrate that ’s not going to have that oil element . Regular directly up Azadirachtin or neem is going to be an insect growth regulator and a eating deterrent . ”
And hey , let ’s remember that all products , botanical or synthetic , vote down insects . Be careful , since the beneficials in our garden far outnumber the bad bozo ! The “ bug ” you kill today could have been dinner for a toad frog , lounge lizard , ladybug ( really a beetle ) or firefly . Check outWizzie ’s web log for the late insect intelligence . And watch now for all of Wizzie ’s confidential information !
On turn , when Dr. Suzanne Novak and Dr. Bill Nemeth buy their star sign , it came with a rule - sized lawn tennis court . They do n’t dally tennis!They’re also busy physicians and love to get outside to grow healthy food and fragrant flowers after hours . EnterLandscape Architect Tait Moring . On a pea crushed rock parquet circle , Tait designed limestone raise bed where the twosome grows roses , herb , and lots of vegetables . Suzanne cans and freezes abundant harvests for well feeding out of season . A rustic cedar tree ramada offers a shade gap to enjoy it all , even when it ’s blistering outdoors . Suzanne and Bill also want to turn their own peaches , figs , apple and pears . Tait prefer Zoysia pot as cooling unripened against the parquet circle ’s crushed rock . They improved their perspective to Wild Basin beyond by removing invasives and selective pruning . They cull juicy blackberry bush for Suzanne ’s homemade cobblers or quick garden collation . Of naturally , we had to sample for “ quality control . ” We would have eaten as many as the cervid , except they ’re keep out by fences . line the side fence , their young Spanish Black grapes are both productive and pretty . Tait turned the umbrageous court outside their aliveness room into a aspect that soothes . Soft sounds from the recirculating flow and pond serenade Suzanne and Bill as they tend to the upper story gardens . Suzanne nails it about why garden make such a difference in a busy , crowed life : “ All you do is work and add up home , so you should have a space that ’s passive and wonderful that you arrive home to . ”Watch the whole write up now !
Thank you for stopping by ! See you next week for summer pool tips , Linda
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