Butterflies

Cabbage White Butterflies

While this looks like an innocent and cute white butterfly, its offspring wreaks havoc on some plants. Features:  Cabbage white butterflies have white wings edged in gray with black spots on the wings.  The female butterfly has two black spots on each fore-wing and the males have one. Their wing span is usually under 2 inches. […]

Mammals

Dogs in the Garden

My dog, Hoover is Crazy for Gardening’s mascot and loves to be outdoors with me.   Actually, he likes to follow or shadow me outside or inside our home.  We got him in 2008 as a pound puppy from the Human Society.  We think he is part chow and lab. Hoover has never shown an interest […]

Insects

Black Aphids

Black aphids are tiny insects that like to wreak havoc.  This year I was attempting to save spinach seeds and I noticed that my plant was attacked by black aphids. Features:   These aphids are black, oval shaped and are only 1/8 inch long. Damage:  They will suck the sap out of your plants – yuck! Eggs:  When […]