Re: The Sun is Back!

Sorry to reply so late, but I just got back from Europe last night. I have hundreds of mantis nests in my yard every year, and the mantises are all about six inches long when fully grown. I have, however, never sprayed any poison since I moved here nine years ago. I had no idea they didn't live north of Illinois; that's too bad.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] The Sun is Back!


Praying mantis eat anything that moves they can catch - bad bugs and
good ones alike. Once watched one snag a bumble bee in mid flight and
completely devour it in about a minute. I understand that mantis are
not found much further north than Illinois and have noted that the
ones here are much smaller than the ones I saw in Maryland when I
lived there.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jun 11, 2006, at 2:59 AM, Judy Browning wrote:


I'm always thrilled to see a praying mantis in my garden.
Unfortunately, all of my cats have thought they were fun cat
snacks, so I've never had a large population, usually see one or 2
a season.
----- Original Message ----- From: "SueNY" <sue.nyc@att.net>
To: "Gardens & Gardening" <GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU>
Cc: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: [CHAT] The Sun is Back!



 Well after about a week of nothing but rain rain and more rain,
along with
cool temps (65-70 daytime, 55-60 night time) the sun has returned.
Unfortunately it came along with high winds. *sigh*  I hope the
cool wet
weather hasn't hurt my veggies. They all look pretty good. I am
lucky enough
to live within walking distance of two lovely nurseries so I went
for a walk
today. Ended up getting a gorgeous trailing petunia, some
impatients, a flat
of dusty miller and a nice pot of lavender. One of the nurseries
was giving
away tomato plants for free because they had overstocked! Too bad
I already
have more than enough. :-)  Everything seems to be doing well for
me so far.
My cukes bounced back and are getting huge, my herb seedlings are
nice and
happy, even all my geranium seeds sprouted! The only think I'm not
sure
about is my rose bush. It was dormant when we got it about 2 weeks
ago and
of course right after we planted it the rain and cold came. I hope
it will
be okay!
Oh, and we have lots of lovely ladybugs! :-) One of the nurseries
I was at
was selling pouches of 1500 each. They also had praying mantis
eggs. The
nurseryman said they eat just about every pest you can think of.
Anyone have
any in their garden?

Sue

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