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Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Organic Gardening in a Nutshell by Amy Norwood

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Organic lawn fertilizer with an OMRI logo, Photo: Amy Norwood Gardening season is here. If you're reading this blog post, chances are th...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Bat Alert by Vicky Spelman

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Courtesy: Pixabay Bat Alert... Have you been seeing any bats flying around in your area?  They are incredibly quick and you may have only th...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Summer Dragonfly Activity By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo by Joyce D'Agostino You may have noticed them – large flying insects that look like miniature airplanes traveling back a...
Monday, July 13, 2020

The Wonderful World of Insects by DelanceyPlace

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From the book:  Buzz Sting Bite When we gardeners talk about beneficial insects, lady bird beetles, and parasitoid wasps are on the lis...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Spittlebugs in the Garden by Carol King

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Photo Media Space While weeding near my bee balm ( Monarda ), I saw several patches of a frothy white substance on the leaves.  Upon fu...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Gardening Power to the People: Insect Hotels Pt. 1-Getting Started (Video)

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Insect hotels are all the rage in gardening now in honor of National Pollinator Week. don't you want to make one? Jefferson County CSU E...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Gardening Power to the People: Insect Puddles (Video)

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In honor National Pollinator Week, Here's how to attract beneficial insects to your garden by providing a water source.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Host Plants for Butterflies by Joyce D'Agostino

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Painted Lady Swallowtail We are all aware of the need to support pollinators in our gardens and this includes butterflies. Butterf...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

Pollinator of the Week: Monarch Butterflies by Caroline Reardon

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Monarch migration, photo courtesy worldwildlife.org In mid March, the Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus , who’ve overwintered in te...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Pollinator of the Week: Flower Flies

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Tachinid fly, photo courtesy of Beatriz Moisset The two-winged insects (flies, gnats, mosquitos) is a very large and varied group. Many...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Get A Head Start on Yellowjacket Control by Carol King

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Yellowjacket photo by Whitney Cranshaw I noticed wasps are waking up from their winter naps, which made me think of that old meanie, th...
Monday, April 8, 2019

Japanese Beetles in Colorado by Joyce D'Agostino

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Photo courtesy colorado.gov As gardeners, we often struggle with the unwelcome visitors to our garden, whether it be a disease, an inva...
Saturday, January 5, 2019

Houseplant Problems: Fungus Gnats

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Photo courtesy Organic Gardening What are those annoying tiny black insects that hang out in your houseplants and fly around when distu...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Houseplant Problems: Mealy Bugs

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Photo courtesy Gardencorner.net If you are noticing small, white puff balls on your houseplants, you may have the dreaded Mealy bu...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Fall Invaders: Insects in the Home by Mary Small

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Box Elder Bug Photo clemson.edu When days shorten and temperatures become chilly, folks often find uninvited guests – insects and the...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Fruit Fly Control by Carol King

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Fruit flies This time of the year, when your counter if full of ripening fruit and the compost bin is loaded with peelings, seeds, and ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The Cicadas are Singing!

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Dog-day Cicada, Neotibicen canicularis Did you know that Colorado has 26 species cicadas, all of the order Hemiptera?   It seems like t...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Create a Monarch Waystation

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Monarch Watch is a nonprofit educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly,...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

What's Bugging my Roses? by Donna Duffy

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It’s that time in early summer when roses come into full bloom. Their beauty and fragrance make them the superstars of the early summer g...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Controlling Slugs in the Garden by Carol King

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Photo CSU Extension The wet spring and continuing storms have provided a banner crop of sugs in gardens along the Front Range of Colora...