Garden insects

I love the summer months when we all spend so much time outside in our gardens. I love the easy, relaxed pace of life, enjoying tea with the family on the patio, watching the girls

Protect your plants from these slimy guys! Here are our simple, nonpoisonous options to rid your garden of slugs.

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This is a quick and easy guide to identifying green caterpillars. If you found a green larva and you wonder what it is, this guide to identifying 18 common green caterpillars will help you.

Bugs, be gone!

Building a bug hotel with your child is one of the best garden activities, because it really doesn’t matter how big or small your space is, you can use anything. We used pine cones that Reuben had collected earlier in the year. bits of old pots, pebbles, big stones, twigs etc Reuben loves going into the garden and checking to see if any bugs have checked in yet. This last week was half term in our area, and I have taken the opportunity to spend some quality time with Reuben – I do miss him…

I love the tomatoes from my garden…but so do aphids and whiteflies. Both of those tiny little buggers, plus things like leaf miners, attack plants all over your garden, leaving devastated ve…

Amazon.com: (24x36) Insect Identification Educational Science Chart Poster. Perfect for Science, biology classes

Pond-ering a water garden? Discover what you need to know before adding a watery oasis to your backyard.

Insect identification poster from the U.S. Forestry Service. Insect activity, Apologia Flying Creatures, #homeschool