Pests

Spotted Lanternfly Life Cycle

Just saw a lanternfly near my herb garden.  I am not happy at all!  Once you see one, you know more are coming.  While the adult lanternflies will die over the winter, they will lay their eggs between September and December which will start hatching the following May.  When they lay their eggs, they don’t […]

Pests

Spotted Lanternfly

I previously shared the lifecycle of the spotted lanternfly.  Hopefully that helps you to identify these invasive pests. The spotted lanternfly will go after lots of different plants but they prefer grapevines, maple trees, black walnut, birch, willow and other trees.  They like to suck the sap out of trees which can ultimately cause the […]

Pests

Land Snail

When we were taking apart the garden to do the garden makeover, my son found this little Land Snail under a piece of wood. Features:  They have shells and one or two pair of tentacles.  The ones I have seen only have one pair! Land snails use muscus to crawl over rough surfaces and to […]