Drjones' organic garden

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:19 pm » by **Drjones**

Here's my 2 year old apple tree,i have another which is exactly the same,i'll definetely have full mature fruit this year which i was not expecting! :banana:

...and how do you like those sweet peas?...First time growing those,delicious,just had a plate full with my home grown salad leaves and beetroot...
Get growing your own!!...I'm growing this in my backyard in Scotland...i also have bluberries growing abundantly,goji is going great and strawberries have already fruited and wow,much better than even the organic ones at the store!!..

-stuff wrapped up is my fence

-with mint in the background!!

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:22 pm » by **Plh74**

Love it, congrats! What you need is some praying mantis, they are great natural way to keep your plants/garden from aphids and other leaf eating insects. Also hmm I'll have to look it up, there is a little tiny wasp(can't remember the name) they are excellent for keeping those pesky caterpillars away. I'll re post when I find the name, I do know you can order both online though.

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:22 pm » by **Megame23**

Awesome jones

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:25 pm » by **Plh74**

Here's an article about the wasps.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/alien-empire/caterpillar-wasps/3415/

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:26 pm » by **Drjones**

plh74 wrote:Love it, congrats! What you need is some praying mantis, they are great natural way to keep your plants/garden from aphids and other leaf eating insects. Also hmm I'll have to look it up, there is a little tiny wasp(can't remember the name) they are excellent for keeping those pesky caterpillars away. I'll re post when I find the name, I do know you can order both online though.

Thanks mate,well this is only my second year of growing my own and thus far it has been very successful,i am expanding for next year,after that i will have no more room left but i will have lots of fruit and veg,i'm trying to plan ahead.As for the praying mantis,would you believe that is my no-1 favourite insect,how cool are they.Hmm,so you can buy them and then what though? Leave them in the garden?..won't they fly away?..

Thanks for the kind words and advice.I aint no gardening expert and if i can do it anyone can and maybe even better?..Just keep it organic,at this moment in time i cannot for the love of me understand why we even use any chemicals on our crops at all,sure you lose a little bit here and there to the insect world but nothing major,this is how nature works,a little bit for everyone!!I think society has just become so addicted to the tv and thus ludicrously lazy and therefore totally disconnected from nature,but thankfully not everyone is like this but i say the majority are..I mean our kids should be getting taught this at school,organic agriculture should they not?..why dont we have lessons in that,we dont have anything of the sort!?!

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:28 pm » by **Drjones**

megame23 wrote::flop:

Awesome jones

Thanks mate.glad to see you back!... :wink:

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:31 pm » by **Plh74**

hope this helps

http://www.naturescontrol.com/prayingmantis.html

Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:33 pm » by **Drjones**

plh74 wrote:hope this helps

http://www.naturescontrol.com/prayingmantis.html

mate you are getting me excited here..

'Each praying mantis egg case will hatch about 100-200 tiny mantises, all at once.' :mrcool:

'Several egg cases may be laid before cold winter finally sets in. This new generation of praying mantis will hatch when warm weather returns, to repeat the process.' (Amazing!)

Right i'm getting them on my list for next year!!..

-Praying Mantis are out of stock. The new season will begin in December 2010. :cry: