Is Arnold's Grub Killer Safe Around Birds and Pets?
I have Arnold grub killer here, what about the birds and my little dog? Having poisoned soil sounds horrible, what a worry!
Garden: Calendula And Butterfly
Calendula is the flower for the October born. It grows here in CA from spring to fall. It has the habit of re-blooming for several months with flowers getting smaller.
Scenery: Bee on the Pussy Willow Tree
My pussy willow tree was buzzing with bees in the backyard. I got brave enough to get close to try to capture a photo.
Wildlife: Leaf Bug (Gatlinburg, TN)
This beautiful little leaf bug crawled all the way up to me, as I enjoyed my evening coffee last fall on a cabin deck in Gatlinburg, TN.
Looks like we will have plenty of fresh lemons this year. The bees are very busy in our backyard!
A Banana Spider spun a web on the side of my house. It stayed there for several weeks.
I was outside with family and had butterflies flying around us. A butterfly landed right in front of me and I took a picture of it with my camera phone.
Using Dawn Dish Soap to Treat Roses
What ratio do I use to mix Dawn dishwashing liquid and water to spray rosebushes?
I came home and as I was walking down the driveway, I could see this huge dragonfly near the front door. Luckily, I had my camera with me and I got few shots of it before it flew away.
Garden: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
This was my first try at gardening and so many have said I have a green thumb.The new house we moved to had nothing growing, but grass so I decided to brighten it up with flowers.
Wildlife: Giant Spider and Magpie
This is what awaited me when I opened the curtains one morning. The screen is blurring the picture, but you can see the size of the spider (about the size of my hand) compared to our friendly magpie who was sitting about a foot from the window.
Garden: Monarch on Butterfly Weed
I was trying out a digital camera I bought at a garage sale a couple of summers ago and happened to get a close up picture of a monarch butterfly sitting on a butterfly weed plant in my garden.
Wildlife: Black and Yellow Argiope (Garden Spider)
This "beautiful" specimen was hanging outside our living room window. This is as close as I wanted to get! I had never seen this type of web either, the zigzag pattern.
This is a butterfly that I found on our front porch. He wasn't alive when I found him, so I put him in a paper bowl that I had. I took him to my children's elementary school, so they could all see it close up and enjoy all of its beautiful details.
I work for a city utility company, and this spider was in a water meter can.
Wildlife: Swallowtail Butterfly
I love butterflies. This swallowtail was a frequent visitor to my butterfly bush in the garden. The background was the actual sky.
I was getting ready to move one of our outdoor chairs and spotted this fellow. It is a Full Armored Squash Bug.
A moth posing on my neighbor's marigolds.
What the well-dressed crab spider is wearing this season in Amy's Garden. This striking black and white pokadot ensemble can be dressed up or dressed down depending on your Holiday event.
You know it's summertime in Australia.
How Gardeners Can Help Monarch Butterflies
Monarch butterfly populations are in trouble. Each fall, hundreds of millions of them migrate from the United Stated and Canada to the mountains in Mexico where they wait out the winter. Each spring, they make the long trip back in order to breed.
