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dog vomit slime mold
A couple of blobs of dog vomit slime mold turned up in the garden bed today. Thick and foamy, and a bit like scrambled…
nut grass, like a string of pearls
This is a plant that grows relentlessly in the Northey St beds. They propagate via underground rhizomes, so each of the…ghost of the harlequin bugs
The insect that makes the fig tree ghost white each year might be harlequin bugs, a kind of stink bug. The fig had a fl…
cover crop for the nematodes
Got some black and yellow mustard seeds for the root-rot nematode-infested BSF patch. I broadcasted these seeds as wel…morning of mourning for the young Simba beans
I found nothing but itty-bitty stems this morning. Today is a sad day. Grown from seeds given by a friend, the Simba be…peckish birds
Amaranth tips on the Pool Side Strip were mysteriously - and skilfully - cut off a few weeks back.
beef, steak, and nematodes
Many little caterpillars were nesting and having a merry time inside the beefsteak tomatoes (some caterpillars found a …
milk and mildew
Powdery mildew is officially the worst "bad guy" of the garden. It first appeared on the tomatoes in the Back…
please come, mr ladybug
Scattered some alyssum near the kale and front gailan, and some cosmos in the peanut driveway. This garden needs more y…
layering mint runners
The garden mint had a lot of mould on its leaves - perhaps because it's just below the blighted tomatoes. Solution:…propagation via hibiscus cutting
My hibiscus cutting rooted successfully - a nice swirl had even started at the base of the pot. How do I know this? Wel…
eat my leaf
Here are a few cabbage white butterfly caterpillars that I found and left out on the grass as a gift to some lucky Will…