Earlier this year I blogged about the insect infestation of the young tuart in my garden.
Unfortunately the insects that have already made homes among the tuart’s leaves are causing quite a bit of damage…The problem is the sap-sucking psyllids, also known as eucalyptus lerps, because the nymph constructs a “lerp” to hide under.
In the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘insects’
Reaching for the sky
Posted in Perth, tagged birds, correction, Garden, indigenous fauna, indigenous flora, insects, pest control, trees, tuart on 30 June 2009 | 5 Comments »
Perth is Tuart Country
Posted in Perth, tagged birds, government, indigenous flora, insects, pest control, redevelopment, trees, tuart on 14 January 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last July I blogged about land clearing in WA. Felling of trees not only occurs in rural areas, but also the suburban areas of our cities – some local councils being rather adept at razing a tree if it’s in the way.
Last year The City of Stirling wanted to rezone numerous small parks from [...]
Jiri Jiri vs the dragon fly
Posted in Indigenous Australians, Perth, tagged birds, insects, Perth on 28 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love Willy Wagtails (Rhipidura leucophrys). Jiri Jiri is the Noongar word for Willy Wagtails and that’s what I call them. I learnt this when a Noongar story-teller came to the library I worked at a few years ago. We sang a song about Jiri Jiri, but I can’t remember the song. (I think [...]
Killing Roaches
Posted in cats, indigenous fauna, invasive species, tagged cockroaches, House, insects, pest control on 18 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hate cockroaches. They were always around our house when I was little. You had to wack the roach with a shoe if you wanted to get rid of it. I wonder now if the reason was because my mum didn’t use toxic cockroach baits. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos (an anticholinesterase compound). The [...]
Flowers after Fire
Posted in Perth, indigenous fauna, indigenous flora, invasive species, tagged birds, bushfire, correction, fire tolerant, insects, orchids, Perth, reptiles, reserves, Swan Coastal Plain, xanthorrhoea, zamia on 18 November 2007 | 6 Comments »
In light of California’s recent devastating wildfires and Australia’s upcoming bushfire season I was reminded of Ralph Maughan reprinting George Wuerthner’s essay A Century of Failed Forest Policy. Wuerthner wrote about wildfires in the US, equivalent to Australia’s bushfires. He said,
Fire in the forest is not bad. Fire in our communities is.
I’ve always known [...]
Ladybird, Ladybird
Posted in Perth, tagged Garden, insects, Perth, trees on 6 November 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been seeing so many ladybirds (Coccinellidae) in my garden in the past few weeks. Every one is a different shade of orange and has a different number, pattern and shape of black spots.
The street tree on my front verge (planted and maintained by the local council) was recently pruned because it grows under [...]
Getting Rid of Bugs
Posted in Perth, cats, dogs, invasive species, tagged Family, Garden, grey water, herbs, insects, Lazyst, Perth, pest control, reptiles, vegetables on 3 July 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have difficulty with insects and other critters eating the plants I grow. Greenpa doesn’t use any pesticides or herbicides on his crops and my mum tells me to just grow more than I need and then I can share with the critters, but I don’t have much room. So I try to kill the [...]
Compost, Beautiful Compost
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged compost, earthworms, Garden, insects, Recycling, saving water on 13 May 2007 | 8 Comments »
Compost is the best thing you can enrich soil with, because its recycled organic matter and it doesn’t cost anything to make – just a bit of rubbish sorting and time for it to ferment. You may have to purchase or make a container to keep it in. It’s a good idea to contain compost, [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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