Comments on: Organic Gardening and the bugs…the friendly ones http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2010/07/organic-gardening-and-the-bugs-the-friendly-ones/ Tads and tidbits in the world of homemaking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Priswell http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2010/07/organic-gardening-and-the-bugs-the-friendly-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Priswell Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:03:32 +0000 http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/?p=552#comment-1683 Interesting to read about your adventures gardening without pesticides. We get lady bug nymphs in the spring, but they move up into the foothills for summer. However, praying mantises, especially the females will hang around longer. If you find a praying mantis case, they will hatch as many as 100 babies. You can feed them in captivity (aphids) so they can get a little older, and then shake them out into your garden so they can work on pests. For years, we did this shaking out 50+ baby mantises out behind the blackberry plants, and eventually, we had a real nice, regular colony back there. Thanks for linking to my website! Interesting to read about your adventures gardening without pesticides. We get lady bug nymphs in the spring, but they move up into the foothills for summer. However, praying mantises, especially the females will hang around longer. If you find a praying mantis case, they will hatch as many as 100 babies. You can feed them in captivity (aphids) so they can get a little older, and then shake them out into your garden so they can work on pests. For years, we did this shaking out 50+ baby mantises out behind the blackberry plants, and eventually, we had a real nice, regular colony back there.

Thanks for linking to my website!

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