The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126160   Message #2960763
Posted By: Bettynh
08-Aug-10 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening 2010
I miss lilies. We've recently been invaded by red lily beetles that completely consumed a big bed of tiger lilies. Contrary to the writeup, they didn't touch the fritillaries. I tried a bt spray, and it slowed them some, but the lilies are gone.

SRS, I still plant my yard with a nod toward passing foragers. But kids are tightly controlled now. Their parents are uncomfortable at the thought that they might pick something and injest it without an adult beside them. They could just reach in from the road and have cherries, currants, cornelian cherries, or grapes, but they don't. It's just sad.