BYC gardening thread!!

[MeatTheFlockers]

 

[CherMoz]

Wow!! Do those ever make me hungry!! GREAT crop!

 

[hennible]

So I had a wasps nest in my greenhouse, I knew they were there, it didn't bother me. They were fine, and I think doing a good job keeping the pests to a minimum. Any way husband found the nest, made a fuss and I had to kill my wasps (he's right we have small kids)... Any way now I have bug problems... Anyone ever deal with caterpillars?? They are the biggest problem atm...

 

[Arielle]

sorry for your loss hipiestink-- never easy. Hugs.


can any one help me id a plant. I think it is thyme. maybe tarragon. It seeded it self so I am a bit unsure. About 4 feet tall. a loose clump at the base 6-8 stems. Long thin leaves, in bright med green on top, silver gray underneath. Look much like tarragon leaves. Stems are not yet woody. A medium green but the shape is odd. Not a round stem but many flat planes a cross section is like an octagon.

No flowers yet.

Still searching for pics to compare.

 

[lazy gardener]

Arielle, can you post a pic of your plant? Does it smell herby? (that is a word, right? If not, I claim ownership!)

 

[Arielle]

Arielle, can you post a pic of your plant? Does it smell herby? (that is a word, right? If not, I claim ownership!)

Yes, LG it smells "herby" THough I cant quite place it. Taragon, or something sililar. Definitely NOT rosemary, but son says he thinks of rosemary. THat plant I know. WIll try for a pic tomorrow. FOrgot to get a pic tonight-- dealing with 10 new ducklings. ANd trying to get a broody duck hen to foster them. Praying the night darkness works in their favor.

 

[Arielle]

THis is tarragon info. Plant pic looks much like my plant. Russian tarragon grow four feet, and it thrives on neglect!! lol THAT fits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragon

 

[Peep_Show]

Anybody have any idea what these are? They're in my eggplant bush, nestled in the forks and scraping big holes in the stalks to -- what -- suck the sap? They fly, are very fat, have a mottled pattern on their shell and are about the size of 3/4 of a dime.

 

[hippiestink]

I had one of these earlier in the season in my potatoes. Looks like a species of squash bug to me. Once I weeded and thinned out everything it left the garden, which meant I didn't need to start an intensive killing session like I had to last year with my pumpkins. They can be very hard to get rid of.

Though when I first saw it it looked like a tick, but second look made me notice it was WAY too big to be a tick and the wrong shape.

 

[lazy gardener]

When they fly, do they sound like a bee? I don't know what they are either, but have had a few around, not enough to do damage. They're rather startling the first time you encounter them.