Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them
Caterpillars are butterfly larvae that come in many different shapes, colors and sizes, but the damage they do is always the same.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars, a growth stage of moths and butterflies, are often hated upon in the garden. Sometimes with good reason!
Oak processionary, treatment for this caterpillar
This well-known oak tree parasite is a caterpillar that devours leaves. It then gathers into a nest that looks like a spider web.
Cabbage white butterfly, get rid of Pieris brassicae caterpillars!
Cabbage moth (Pieris brassicae) is a large white butterfly species. It uses cabbage leaves as food for caterpillars of the next generation. Wings are white with black spots on them.
Boxwood tree moth, treatments to control treat its caterpillars
The Boxwood tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is an insect of the Crambidae family in the Lepidoptera order.
Grow a garden birds will love!
Attract chaffinch, great tit, blue tit, robin, greenfinch, goldfinch, wren, spotted woodpecker,
Cauliflower, everything there is to know about growing it
Cauliflower is a vegetable that has low calorie levels and high fiber, calcium and magnesium content.
Bt, Bacillus thuringiensis: how to use this organic caterpillar killer
Today, chemical insecticides are no longer an option for gardeners. And that’s a good thing! But pests haven’t gotten the message that they’re not welcome… An invasion of pests can destroy a crop in a few days or weeks, to the gardener’s great despair.
Attract butterflies with plants, flowers, and other tips
Attract butterflies to your garden! Threatened because their natural habitat is dwindling, and because of pesticides, butterflies can find refuge in our very own gardens,
Beneficial insects that lend us gardeners a hand
These feed on pests, help plants reproduce, and give the soil better structure. Beneficial insects really give us a real hand in the garden!
Bollworms, dreaded caterpillars defoliating vegetables
Typical of many insects (and even more so for butterflies), adult bollworms won’t cause any damage in the garden or vegetable patch. However, caterpillars and larva that emerge from their eggs can devastate nearby plants.
Toad in the garden? Yay!
Ok, let’s be honest – the toad doesn’t really have a good reputation in all our folklore and legends. It’s, to say the least, not very handsome, and often appears in stories as an evildoer’s acolyte… remember those witch brews calling for a few toad’s warts…
