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In-the-picture In reply to Tazzy- [2009-06-05 06:40:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks muchly, Bob is a rather handsome frog

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In-the-picture In reply to 777His [2009-02-18 17:22:34 +0000 UTC]

The life stages of both frogs and butterflies are just so amazing
We`ve had so many poor summers butterflies are getting harder to find each year. I have, well had as puppies have eaten them!, lots of plants for butterflies and bees in my garden - hopefully will spring up again after their pruning. Oddly though I took 99% of my insect shots away from my garden

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777His In reply to In-the-picture [2009-02-18 18:28:59 +0000 UTC]

Don't know if puppies would be interested but I have a bunch of "butterfly bushes" than here have to be pruned back drastically each year so maybe they did the work for you. Other plants to but they are in bloom longest. They're on a property line and my neighbor has taken a bunch of photos of butterflies on them but I haven't - bet I do this year.

We have friends that complain they don't have any butterflies but they keep killiing anything that crawls on ther leaves, can't stand a leaf with a hole in it - oh well - -

I've been trying to plant things that don't need much watering as we've been having droughts the last few years and the water bill gets unfriendly.

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In-the-picture In reply to 777His [2009-02-18 22:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Oddly the pups have left the three buddelias (might be same as your butterfly bushes?) alone along with a reedy grass! The pampas grass kept for ladybirds, etc to hibernate in was the first to be eaten, apparently they have a sweet pith.
Strange how we ignore our back gardens really

Cannot really have butterflies without leaf damage what do they think the caterpillars eat?

Hopefully we will both have a better year for them this summer then

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777His In reply to In-the-picture [2009-02-19 04:58:52 +0000 UTC]

Our butterfly bush are your buddelias (I didn't know how to spell the name and here they're called butterfly bushes for people like me .

It really surprises me that the puppies ate the Pampas Grass. We also have 4 of them and I'd think the edges would tear up their mouth. We burn them (was advised to by a landscaper) instead of cutting them back every year because of the sharp edges.

We did have a toad and he disappeared, hope he shows up again this year - trying to go nature friendly and need all the help we can get with the bad insects.

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In-the-picture In reply to 777His [2009-02-26 19:03:27 +0000 UTC]

Surprised by the pampas grass too - ruddy stuff is so sharp! I usually just leave it alone just hack back every spring after the ladybirds, etc have finished hibernating in it. Hasn`t killed it, green shoots are springing up, the sparrows will be pleased they have the tops for their nests. Gosh I sound so environmentally friendly


Our pond should be finished this year so am looking forward to summer evenings by the pond - can take my laptop of course yay for wireless

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777His In reply to In-the-picture [2009-03-03 05:22:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm trying to go as earth friendly as possible, more that direction every year.

I never thought of the "blooms" being used the the birds for nests but I'm still going to burn because of the sharp edges. May break off the blooms and stash them somehow outside for them, stick them in one of the empty pots - - gave me an idea

This year I've got an oval of washtub type containers that I'm going to plant root veggies in and in the center of the oval will be "good guys" attracting flowers. Going to do all my veggie gardening with flowers nearby hopefully attracting the good guys to attack the bad ones.

Don't really know what I'm going to do with the fruit trees. Have the bird problem taken care of but not the June Beetle.

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