21-04-2025, 08:25 AM
Yesterday, in the clear break I planted three pots of bright polyanthus, four fat leaved plants to a pot, and laid some waste cardboard down over a freshly weeded neighbouring garden plot that had been let go to ruin. I am taking it over, but this time I am going to board and mulch the ground and plant into containers gathered onto that space. Vegies and picking flowers. It will be easier to manage than constantly pulling weeds - for a season or so, anyway. So now we have a place for cardboard to go, instead of into the bins. And I came across the pack of red onion seed and scattered those across a seed tray, and I see the recent warm wet has been perfect for germination, so a couple of those new container gardens will get planted up with a zillion red onion seedlings just as soon as they are big enough to be handled.
But not all was good in the garden yesterday. I have army worm. I cannot find the beasts, but I can see where they are munching, and as I pulled out the destroyed plants I came across a chrysalis, dark red, sort of alien invader robot looking thing very smooth and shiny, and sure enough, army worm. Voracious things, devastating for leafy greens. So I will have to check out remedies, and I suspect that means chemicals, dammit. But I cannot have those things taking residence in my garden...
I hope they find polyanthus unpalatable.
But not all was good in the garden yesterday. I have army worm. I cannot find the beasts, but I can see where they are munching, and as I pulled out the destroyed plants I came across a chrysalis, dark red, sort of alien invader robot looking thing very smooth and shiny, and sure enough, army worm. Voracious things, devastating for leafy greens. So I will have to check out remedies, and I suspect that means chemicals, dammit. But I cannot have those things taking residence in my garden...
I hope they find polyanthus unpalatable.