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Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, April 20Well, we have definitely seen some warm weather here now. The Lady Banks' roses have finally faded. But it is going to cool down again for a few days in the south-central San Joaquin. This is a change from recent drought years. How is the weather in your yard, garden and neighborhood? We have some interesting stories and photos coming in from The Horde! I love the Brugmansia photos from Neal in Israel. Such a striking plant!
NOT THE BEES! This could go in the garden thread, or maybe the pet thread, if I decide to try catching them and succeed in doing so. We had a swarm sort of like that in an apricot tree once, and The Mister moved it to a box without wearing gear, but he's used to being around bees, and can judge their moods. Not sure if I would advise you to move them yourself, or contact someone with experience. One trick is figuring out where the queen is. Sometimes if you locate a box they find attractive near the tree where they are swarming, they will move themselves. That's fun to watch. Let use know if you decide to keep the bees as pets. p.s.: Watch the suckers at the base of your pear tree.
Maple Syrup Report Maple syrup season is over for another year. A two day cleanup has returned the buckets, collecting gear & boiling/bottling equipment to storage, ready for next year. Fascinating to learn all these details. Maple syrup deserves our appreciation. And we have a nice bonus prequel to the Pet Thread as well! Scapes Hey KT, It is garlic scape season here. I promptly made them into garlic scape pesto, which I freeze and then use for pizzas, and pasta sauce, or even throw into some hummus. It is delicious, but you do end up with a very bad case of garlic breath. It is worth it though. WeeKreekFarmGirl
WeeKreekFarmGirl somes up with lots of interesting uses for her crops. Here are some other things that have been going on in her garden. The first picture is Garden Huckleberry that I started from seeds. It was pretty easy to start and seems to like where I have it. They are perennial and I am trying to grow more perennials in the garden.
Passover starts Monday. Maybe for next year you might think about growing your own endive or romaine lettuce to avoid having to pay big bucks for veggie gift baskets. Northern Utah, Zone 7, Figlets and pomegranate trees survived the winter Ah, Nature From last week, WeeKreekFarm Girl says that she is definitely going to stay away from the desert blister beetles: but I am more worried about the tarantula wasps. Most painful sting in the world they say, and we have lots of those. And they are fairly aggressive. Big, too. From DesertUSA: What is a Tarantula Hawk? Tarantula Hawk Wasp Sting: The Most Painful of any North American Insect A researcher described the details of the pain after a sting. Sounds like some fun science! Other highlights from the article: Habits and Habitat of Tarantula Hawk Wasps Further details of the behavior of the female wasp and the hatched wasp egg at the link may be Not Safe for Lunch. The video below is oddly less dramatic than the text. Male Tarantula Hawks and Their Territorial Behavior Sorta goes along with the details below. Predator and Prey: Tarantula Hawks' Unique Behavior See the link for instructions on what to do if you are stung by one of these wasps. I don't know if the male wasps sting. I read here that bullfrogs will also eat these wasps. Don't know if it's worthwhile setting up a pond for bullfrogs in order to combat tarantula hawk wasps. But it seems like a good idea to make the garden less attractive to tarantulas. There are some other ideas for consideration too, and photos. You don't want these wasps coming into your house. Some of the same advice is useful for keeping other spiders and creepy-crawlies in their place. You may not even know it when the potentially dangerous bite of this spider occurs: More information than I expected from the Poison Control Center. Treatment details from the Cleveland Clinic.
Here's a Calla Lily from our neck of the . . . grasslands. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker. Week in Review What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, April 13 Compare Mileys clematis last year with this year Any thoughts or questions? I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. | Recent Comments
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