I guess we brought in some beetles when we moved the outdoor potted tomatoes and cukes indoors, because SOMEBODY has chomped on everything green and it's dead.
Lesson: don't bring outdoor pots indoors unless you're very sure there are no bugs in them!
Task: once the current blizzard abates, I'll be moving the now-dead plants to the patio, and getting some potting soil to start over. Oh well... that's ok.
Sidenote: I just got my order of seeds in, including those Black Aztec corn seeds, herbs, cukes, squashes, beans and more. I think once I have "clean" potting soil in clean pots, I'll start some carrots, onions, lettuce, beans and cukes. Again. Argh. But still... sounds great when I just think about the foot of snow outside my office window.
Hmmmm..... I love winter!
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Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts
Flies and Mosquitos have a RIGHT to Live!
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... NOT!
I can't believe that there is even a discussion about whether or not President Barack Obama should have swatted the fly. I'm thinking... Maybe he should have paused the televised interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood?
"Excuse me, could someone get over here and remove this fly? I don't CARE if there's a deadline for this interview's completion! This is a living creature that must be taken care of. Much more important than the American Citizens I'm working to help."
As a gardener, I need to take care of pests. Yes, pests. I don't use pesticide or herbicides, but I do pick off the tomato hornworms and squish them. If I don't, I don't have tomatoes to feed my family through the next year. Same with corn. Same with any other critter I find munching on my home-grown food.
IT'S A BUG!
And sorry, but my human family and our pets and livestock are much more important than any little fly.
It appears from PETA's website (http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php) that they are capitalizing on this controversy to sell some bug catcher thing. What is it made of... plastic? Isn't plastic made from oil? Tsk Tsk Tsk. Naughty PETA.
Get over it! Unbelievable controversy when there are so many more things to think about.
... NOT!
I can't believe that there is even a discussion about whether or not President Barack Obama should have swatted the fly. I'm thinking... Maybe he should have paused the televised interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood?
"Excuse me, could someone get over here and remove this fly? I don't CARE if there's a deadline for this interview's completion! This is a living creature that must be taken care of. Much more important than the American Citizens I'm working to help."
As a gardener, I need to take care of pests. Yes, pests. I don't use pesticide or herbicides, but I do pick off the tomato hornworms and squish them. If I don't, I don't have tomatoes to feed my family through the next year. Same with corn. Same with any other critter I find munching on my home-grown food.
IT'S A BUG!
And sorry, but my human family and our pets and livestock are much more important than any little fly.
It appears from PETA's website (http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php) that they are capitalizing on this controversy to sell some bug catcher thing. What is it made of... plastic? Isn't plastic made from oil? Tsk Tsk Tsk. Naughty PETA.
Get over it! Unbelievable controversy when there are so many more things to think about.
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