I'm in Victoria. It's been a weird year. All the leaves on the deciduous trees were decimated by the winter-moth larva. There was barely a leaf...
I hear you Cameron. Got some fruit without larva in the early raspberry season, but now my raspberry patch is infested with the Asian fruit fly....
Thanks for the tip Margot. They are actually very easy to catch by hand, so I kill about 20 of them at a time, but it doesn't stop new flies from...
Thank you Margot! Linda informs me that they are sewer gnats (also called drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, moth flies). She suggested...
This annoying white fly/moth seems to have infested my three indoor worm bins and a large outdoor bin. They appeared after bringing a load of my...
Thanks Georgia Straight! That sounds like a very positive direction for cat owners, and the 'catio tour' is a great way to publicize it. There...
Thanks for your thoughts JT. I couldn't agree more. If everyone contacted their municipality and complained we could perhaps join the other...
Thanks for your thoughts Eric. I was just out in my garden and found more cat poo where I was going to plant. :( Remember the days when dogs...
We just went to plant our garlic, but as we had harvested there a month or so ago, the soil was nicely broken up and, guess, what?......the whole...
Thanks for your thoughts Eric. We had lots of blooms too. I suspect lack of pollinators.
Since moving to this Victoria property 8 years ago I have had good crops every year on my greengage plums. We make jam and chutney every year. I...
Good to know, but I would still be afraid of squirrels burying them. :) Besides, in Victoria, the squirrels aren't going hungry. There are...
