Ladybug Blog

• Reusing Plant Growing Supplies – Good Environmental Stewardship or Asking for Trouble?
  As plant people, I think we all try to be environmentally responsible.  It is a natural extension of our bringing nature into our homes.  The love for nature is what inspires us to cherish plants.  We certainly would not want to see that nature destroyed.  One of the best ways for a person to lower […]
• Money Might Not Grow on Trees, but Chocolate Does!
  For a sumptuous celebration of Valentine’s Day, many may shell out for that gorgeous bouquet of flowers along with decadent chocolates arranged so artfully in their heart-shaped box. In fact, in 2023, Americans bought 58 million pounds of chocolate for their Valentines (or perhaps themselves) at a cost of about 1.8 billion dollars! Chocolate has […]
• Pragmatic Predictors, Pests, and Ecosystem Engineers
  I am sure that many of us have a family of groundhogs that take residence under our sheds or in our yards. Understandably, they are disliked by many home gardeners, despite providing some pragmatic predictions about when spring will arrive. This week, I had the chance to travel to Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, PA and […]