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Nighty Night, Caterpillars!
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Caterpillar Observations
Yesterday we scooped up all the caterpillars on the rue and sweet fennel, which we believe are from Eastern Black Swallowtails. It was just in time because the rue, which was once covered in caterpillars, only had five left, and there was not a single chrysalis in sight. The sweet fennel was Here are a few observations from our first day with the bugs. 1. Caterpillars will fight over food. They do this head/upper torso butting action. 2. The little…
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Fall Garden Bliss
Strangely, the garden is currently the most productive it has ever been. The pathways have been completely blocked by various vegetation thanks to heavy rainfall that has led to vigorous growth. I haven’t been fertilizing, but the garden doesn’t seem to mind as nearly every square foot has been used to grow various types of beans and each morning I chuck a coffee filter bomb out the back door to a new spot in the garden. Being the first year…
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Caterpillars!
While I’m not interested in the plants in my garden simply being bug food, I do occasionally make an exception for caterpillars, at least the ones that become beautiful butterflies, beauty to be determined by my own subjective assessment. A couple weeks ago, there were several Black Swallowtails floating around the garden, and now there is a whole batch of caterpillars chubbing up on my rue plant. Each morning I go out to eye the plant to see whether it…
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Wordless Wednesday: Purple Top Turnip
Hey look! It’s another root thing I grew that I likely won’t eat.
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It’s time to plant onions in NC
Onions are one of my favorite crops to grow, which has historically been one of my least successful crops if you are comparing my expectations to reality. The secret to growing onions is planting them correctly. I plant them incorrectly. Each year I purchase a bag of onion sets, which look like tiny little onions. Each year I expect to get large onions, but instead get large green stalks and onions that are just barely larger than the sets. Not…
