We have experienced nearly ever bug and nasty thing I've read about it my garden books. We never had a problem at the old house with these kinds of pests. Makes me wonder.
Is the presence of these pests because of the high use of fertilizers and insecticides in this sterile suburban environment where every lawn is cloaked in dark green and nearly all houses have a chemical fertilizer/mowing service? That birds and beneficial insects are poisoned or don't have an environment in which they can survive or thrive? (2 dead birds and counting in our backyard so far in as many months). Or is it because we used a pest service at the old house (cringe, I know! I know) so they were never around --- (PS didn't help much for the black widows).
Makes me wonder why there seems to be so many pests up here.
Jun 25, 2007
Can't help but wonder...
