wannabeherbal's Blog

Arrivals
Jul 10, 2007 | 2:16 PM PST
Tags: Baby , ladybugs , Bonsai

    They're HEEEeeeeerrrrrrrre!  First of all, my little apple tree climbing buddy was born 19 minutes into the 4th of July.  She's absolutely wonderful.  Way cuter than my other arrivals.

    That's right, there's more.  I ordered 1500 ladybugs (smallest quantity available) about two weeks ago, and they came yesterday in the mail. 

How cool is that?  They were very eager to get out of the cup, and immediately went to work for me, crawling and flying to where the irritating and damaging bugs were making my garden a living hell.  I'm pretty excited about them.  I really hope they get all the bastards that have been obliterating my chamomile.  It's too late for my cilantro, but . . . *sigh*

    In other news, I've taken an increased interest in bonsai as of late.  I actually went to a bonsai farm yesterday that I've seen many times from the road, but never stopped by before.  The plants were beautiful, old, and very very expensive.  To make matters more interesting, I was preached at (and even given a tract - of sorts) about Jueng San Do (an eastern religion) by the little old lady that owned and ran the farm.  The religion sounded like a bunch of self-help, the end is near, my spirit is your spirit, and rather hopeless crap (to be perfectly blunt), but the experience was . . . interesting.  I didn't buy anything.

    I want to post a new picture of my bonsai (the one I bought a couple weeks ago), but it looks kind of silly right now.  I have bread bag ties all over it, trying to train its growth.  I'll post a new pic when it doesn't look so awkward.  ;)