I was planning to blog about the field of lettuce growing in my garden, but that thesis took over and since then it’s become a field of lettuce and tomato, with lettuce getting pretty dismal and tomato in ascendency. A month ago when it was just a lettuce field, I gave one to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pest control’
Fields of Lettuce and Tomato
Posted in Garden, tagged garden produce, lettuce, local food, pest control, sustainable living, tomato, vegetables on 29 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Summer Produce
Posted in Garden, tagged garden produce, local food, pest control, sheet mulching, sustainable living, vegetables on 1 February 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’ve been enjoying lots of summer produce from my garden – carrots, radish, pak choy, lettuce, onion, garlic, tomatoes, beans, strawberries, lots of herbs, and one leek. I’ve already blogged about my adventures in growing garlic. And it’s so much more pungent than shop bought. They didn’t segment because I didn’t fertilize them enough. This [...]
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 [...]
Bobtail lizards sunning on the road
Posted in Perth, indigenous fauna, tagged car, Garden, Perth, pest control, reptiles on 2 March 2008 | 8 Comments »
With a title like that, things could only end in tragedy. Last week I found a dead Western Bobtail lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) on my street a couple of houses down from mine. He was in front of the empty block, which would make good bobtail habitat with all those weeds and long grass. He may [...]
Growing pots
Posted in Perth, tagged Garden, Perth, pest control, Recycling, seed saving, vegetables, watering, Weather on 24 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, I’m not growing pot. I’m growing pots – or that’s what it looks like anyway.
It’s been so hot (which isn’t unusual for Perth’s summers) and my dad puts empty plastic pots on top of his smaller vegie plants during the heat of the day so they have their own little shade house. When I [...]
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 [...]
Snail Patrol
Posted in cats, dogs, tagged Garden, herbs, Lazyst, pest control, reptiles, snails, vegetables on 23 August 2007 | 5 Comments »
There are too many snails in my garden devouring plants that I want to eat. I’ve always used metaldehyde snail bait which kills dogs if they eat the bait. When I was a kid our dog Goldie ate some. Taking her to the vet immediately and paying lots of money ensured she didn’t die. [...]
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 [...]
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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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I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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