Comments on: Gardening Rocks http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/ Backyard farming: organic gardening, chickens, bees, compost, and cooking. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:27:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Farmer Jen http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Farmer Jen Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:48:06 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-722 Ick. Ick.

]]> By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Rian Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:45:56 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-720 Heya... in case you don't see my mail, I think they're root maggots. KILL THEM!!! KILL THEM ALL!!! Heya… in case you don’t see my mail, I think they’re root maggots. KILL THEM!!! KILL THEM ALL!!!

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Farmgirl_dk Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:29:59 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-719 Just googled "pot worm" - sadly, I don't think this is what I have. Mine are much smaller and have a black discoloration running in the lower part of their icky wormy little bodies. Have pics, not sure if your former email address still works? Just googled “pot worm” – sadly, I don’t think this is what I have. Mine are much smaller and have a black discoloration running in the lower part of their icky wormy little bodies. Have pics, not sure if your former email address still works?

]]> By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Rian Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-716 DK, are they potworms? If so (maybe google it), you're actually happy. And, no, it doesn't mean we can't bitch. It just means that I'm going to deal and see if I can make the best of it rather than *just* bitching. Jen, you are too kind. Yeah, I think it has to be the weather. This weird super cold winter, super hot spring is probably causing these beasties to overpopulate. Kelly... dang. It's all the way down there. Is this some kind of M. Night Shamalan thing? The spittlebugs are off the hook this year. Ah well, a little persistent hosing off, and they should fade away without too much damage. I just discovered the joy of squishing leafminers in their tunnels. Wow. Is that ever gross. DK, are they potworms? If so (maybe google it), you’re actually happy. And, no, it doesn’t mean we can’t bitch. It just means that I’m going to deal and see if I can make the best of it rather than *just* bitching.

Jen, you are too kind. Yeah, I think it has to be the weather. This weird super cold winter, super hot spring is probably causing these beasties to overpopulate.

Kelly… dang. It’s all the way down there. Is this some kind of M. Night Shamalan thing? The spittlebugs are off the hook this year. Ah well, a little persistent hosing off, and they should fade away without too much damage.

I just discovered the joy of squishing leafminers in their tunnels. Wow. Is that ever gross.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Kelly Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-715 I, too, seem to have more pestilence this year down here in San Francisco. Everything is covered with spittlebugs, and my nighttime slug hunts seem to just encourage them to reproduce more quickly. I've also got lots of these little tiny tan-shelled snails with blue bodies. I, too, seem to have more pestilence this year down here in San Francisco. Everything is covered with spittlebugs, and my nighttime slug hunts seem to just encourage them to reproduce more quickly. I’ve also got lots of these little tiny tan-shelled snails with blue bodies.

]]> By: Farmer Jen http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Farmer Jen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:34:29 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-714 I am so sorry to hear that you folks up in Oregon are having such pest problems this year. I really wonder what is causing this infestation. I have noticed a lot of ant activity, more than usual, and also a lot of earwigs this year, but so far, (cross my fingers) that is all the abnormal pest activity I've noticed around here this year. Perhaps it has to do with the odd weather patterns we/you have been having lately? I am so sorry to hear that you folks up in Oregon are having such pest problems this year. I really wonder what is causing this infestation. I have noticed a lot of ant activity, more than usual, and also a lot of earwigs this year, but so far, (cross my fingers) that is all the abnormal pest activity I’ve noticed around here this year.

Perhaps it has to do with the odd weather patterns we/you have been having lately?

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/02/gardening-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Farmgirl_dk Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:41:35 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=873#comment-713 Does your change in attitude mean we can't whine about our plagues together anymore? Because I was just getting started. To wit: Last night, I noted that my edamame had sprouted. Yay, I thought, and got down on my knees to see. Upon closer inspection, I saw a little white sprout poking up out of the ground and moved some dirt out of its way...it wasn't a sprout, it was a small white worm..as I moved more dirt away, another three worms appeared. I moved a clump away and the soil was literally teeming with little white worms. WTH? It was like a horror movie. Tried to do some internet research on what type of worm it is, but came up with nuttin'. I'm scared to go out in my garden this morning...I have mountains of ants, thousands of pill bugs, scores of earwigs, little tiny black flies with translucent wings crawling on and through my beds, and -now- eensy white disgusting wormy things. sob. Does your change in attitude mean we can’t whine about our plagues together anymore? Because I was just getting started.
To wit: Last night, I noted that my edamame had sprouted. Yay, I thought, and got down on my knees to see. Upon closer inspection, I saw a little white sprout poking up out of the ground and moved some dirt out of its way…it wasn’t a sprout, it was a small white worm..as I moved more dirt away, another three worms appeared. I moved a clump away and the soil was literally teeming with little white worms. WTH? It was like a horror movie. Tried to do some internet research on what type of worm it is, but came up with nuttin’.
I’m scared to go out in my garden this morning…I have mountains of ants, thousands of pill bugs, scores of earwigs, little tiny black flies with translucent wings crawling on and through my beds, and -now- eensy white disgusting wormy things. sob.

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