f o x g l o v e s

white butterflies, vine weevils, and red ants dni. zone 9a UK

[utilityclassic]

[ortopriamo]

Fiori di zucca con bombo e api. 🐝

[pnwgardenbuddiesneoly]

[fox-glo-ves]

I've not grown liatris before. It's nice and the bees like it

[seabeck]

My plum tree decided to be a grape this year

[fox-glo-ves]

🚫

[thoughtportal]

Grow blueberries in a barrel - via Armstrong Garden Centers

[fox-glo-ves]

I have to defend my choice to garden organically quite often, but I wish I could show them the sparrow who was hunting sawfly larvae in the roses just now. The roses have some gnawed leaves; the sparrow's babies have food; I have joy.

[fox-glo-ves]

crops

[5-and-a-half-acres]

Clematis

[fox-glo-ves]

[plantanarchy]

the duality of carrot

[junestrings]

a lot of people dont care about insect biomass collapse bc when they hear we are losing 2.5% of the insect biomass per year they just imagine the cockroach and housefly population decreasing by that much. they dont realize those are among the only ones that will remain unbothered

[junestrings]

you can make a little oasis right where you are, and it matters

[headspace-hotel]

every year of restoring native plants I see a great increase in the insect populations, and loads of new insects i never saw before (all of them harmless--the insects that are harmful or parasitic on humans are the main ones being unaffected by the decrease in insect populations)

(a large part of) the problem is Plant Sameness. we must restore plant diversity

[geopsych]

Blue verbena, Verbena hastata, blooms in wet places at around the time. Often along with swamp milkweed, monkey flower, and boneset among others. It is a host plant for buckeye butterflies, one of my favorites!

[dreemmachine]

blessed occurrence

[fox-glo-ves]

also I have a lot of box tree moths in the garden lately, does anyone know if I should be killing them or something?

[fox-glo-ves]

I'd say we're about mid-shin