Cabbage

Cabbages are forming head now. They look so juicy for the grasshopper that it never realized that I'm going to catch it after this snap!!

yum! yum!

This is my second attempt. The head will be small since i planted them near to each other. Nevertheless I bet the taste is not impaired! I still can remember the fresh taste of my first cabbages. So juicy and crunchy!

Insect in my garden

I have many insects in my garden. Many of them are pest!  Let me show you all some...

caterpillars



grasshopper




grasshopper...bigger version....



tiny white grasshopper

this is garden friendly dragonfly!

Ant attack!

I use to think that ants are friends to gardener to some extend but in reality they are pest on other side!  Usually ants use to carry aphid eggs to the plants and make a lot of problem. However here, they make another work as a pest.

I do not really know what they are trying to do with my Ixora plants but their arrival make my plant seldom flowers and looks so unhealthy! The leaves are browning and the stem are turning black.

Look at the branch of Ixora!

The flowers have reduce so much now!

Insect in my little garden

My garden has many insects! I don't see any caterpillars for now...hopefully not in future too! I love butterflies though... I'm selfish girl!!!!

 

I'm waiting for weekend to take the photo of the monkey! My neighbour told that, there are group of 6 monkeys lingering around! They even ransack our kitchen if there is any opportunity! The other day the monkey bite open my plastic bottle in which I keep chili powder! Poor guy! All this while I was so patient with them.... but when they touch my tomatoes which I had hard time to grow.....I become mad!




Butterfly

 I don't have luck in snapping butterflies i guess! This time, my camera was out of battery

Dragonfly

I have many of them but this brown colour look a bit unique for me!

Do you know the name of this insect? Garden friendly or pest?







This is my neighbour's cat! He was playing around while i was snapping pictures! Such a playful guy! He is mammal but i can't resist taking a snap and include it here! ;-)

meow....







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Pest!

Once i started to grow vegetables, i realize that my garden are frequently infested by so many pest! aphids, mealy bug, catterpillar, etc...... Usually i will hand pick most of them. I tried soap + chili spray but it burn the leaves!

Day before i saw 50 -60 little baby catterpillar on my long beans leaves.....may be just hatched! and may be 10 fatty catterpillar munching the leaves.........yuck! I cut the leaves and throw away......

Finally yesterday i got so angry and sprayed pesticide on my plants except spinach! I know i have kill the good bugs too but I'm left with no choice!!!!