Herbs in the Garden » Pests http://www.herbsinthegarden.com Growing Herbs Indoors and in the Garden Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Nectarine in the Herb Garden http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/nectarine-in-the-herb-garden/ http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/nectarine-in-the-herb-garden/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:10:41 +0000 herbgal http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/?p=624 Remember the Sacrificial Nectarine tree?

Here it is bathed in early morning sunlight and absolutely glorious in pink.

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Nectarine in Bloom

Nectarine Blossoms

Beautiful, isn’t it?

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OK, no herbs or gardening stuff for you today, because everything in the herb garden is still frozen, and I haven’t gotten into the greenhouse yet. Sheer laziness on my part…

So- instead I have a video for you!

As I was driving my Herb-Child # 4 into town yesterday, we spotted a pair of Bald Eagles. This may come as no surprise to many of you that live in Bald Eagle country, but it really floored us!

Now, normally we see scads of Red Tail Hawks, Kestrels, Owls, and other birds, but these two were simply phenomenal!

We’ve seen Eagles once or twice fishing at the lake about 7 miles from here, but these two were just hanging out in the cornfields, and lounging in the wind breaks.

Sorry the quality is poor-

I caught them with my little Flip camera and was driving the backroads simultaneously. I know, don’t say it.  It was worth driving into a ditch or bean field in order to get this film!

I don’t know if it’s any better in fullscreen-but you can try and see if there is any improvement.

Wow!

]]> http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/the-eagles-have-flown/feed/ 0 The Sacrificial Nectarine Tree http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/the-sacrificial-nectarine-tree/ http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/the-sacrificial-nectarine-tree/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:09:48 +0000 herbgal http://www.herbsinthegarden.com/?p=278 Yep, the poor nectarine tree makes it’s yearly sacrifice to the hordes of Japanese Beetles.

The !#&$%! beetles get to it every year. I have read that besides roses, the fruits of peaches, nectarines and such are among the favorite foods for the hideous beasts. The good news is they are so busy destroying the nectarines that they generally spare the apple trees and roses right next to it. They also have yet to discover the Apricot tree about 50 yards away (crossing fingers behind her back.)

They eat the fruit right down to the pits,or stones. See how this fruit is absolutely covered in the darn things?

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Japanese Beetles Eating Nectarines

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Japanese Beetles Devouring Nectarine

After the beetles get finished there is not a nectarine left on the tree. The birds wont eat them and they seem to have no natural enemy. These are truly wretched wee beasties my friends!

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