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Re: Wasp statistics and Re: generalizations




In article <MOD$970930.6820@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, jdingler@onramp.net wrote:

> It's nice to hear that someone else is having similar results.  I've
> worried that my experience was a fluke. :)
> 
> I've had new development as of night before last.  In my garden I found
> my first toad!  I thought they were extinct in my area.  Maybe I could
> consider reintroducing anoles, skinks...
> 

> > Since discovering how much better soil-improvement methods work (going
> > beyond just compost), I know exactly what he means when he talks about a
> > variety of insects living in the garden.  Mine is absolutely alive, either
> > on the vegetables or on the strip of wildflowers I maintain in the hobby
> > orchard near the garden.  And, neither my veggies nor my fruit suffer any
> > significant losses any more.
> > 
> > I can't prove it, but I do believe things taste better, too.  It seems like
> > they have much more sugars and more complex flavors.
> > 
> > My only remaining serious pest(s) are slugs and snails.  Wish some wasp
> > would get to work on them!

I'm just going to throw in my two-cents here but I've been noticing lots
of big toads in my garden (fist sized), but this year I've started to
noctice dozens of really small ones. At first I figured they were just
immature toads, now I'm kind of thinking that maybe I have a few different
varieties. Last night I noticed a whole bunch of dragonflies a bumble bee
a mockingbird drinking some water that had puddled around a leaky soaker
hose, lizards, and of course a zillion toads. These are animals that just
weren't there before. For the last two years we've had jay or cardinal
families in the trees. It's wonderful. NO snakes though :-(.

Caleb Rounds
Austin, TX zone 8b


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