Ladybug Blog

• A Day with Ag at the Capitol
  On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, I had the privilege of joining the UConn Exhibiters at Connecticut Agriculture Day at the Capitol in Hartford, CT. This was my first time attending this event, and it was eye-opening. There were at least forty-five exhibitor tables, full of people from various sectors of agriculture, all on the main […]
• Vernal Pools
  It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see –Henry David Thoreau Vernal pools are unique wetlands that have a cycle of flooding and drying every year. They can occur in woodlands, open areas, swamps and even fields or other places where a depression allows water to collect over winter and spring […]
• Bulb Diseases
  Gardens in New England come to life in spring thanks, in large part, to bulbs! Spring bulbs are reliable, perennial color-bringers and seem equally at place in landscapes and containers. Daffodils (Narcissus spp.), grape hyacinth (Muscari spp.), and tulips (Tulipa spp.), are just some of the bulb plants that grace our gardens this time of […]