Showing posts with label orb weaver spider. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orb weaver spider. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Orb Weaver Spider argiope aurantia

This beautiful spider is busy at the entrance of the garden,I`m always looking for the huge web as I go to gather tomatoes.She is protecting the garden from aphids & lots of other garden pests,so I never want to squish her.
I`m finally getting tomatoes enough to make sauce.I use epsom salts as a fertilizer & have good results from it.I wasn`t sure I was going to have any luck,my liver doctor was questioning me about the garden as I clued him into using the salts.He couldn`t understand why I had dry rot at first.Well,I DIDN`T say,if you would have to bucket your water to your garden in the heat,because your hose won`t reach that far & your spouse said he`d water with the sprayer he bought at an auction,but,oh,it needed a part,I kinda let nature take over.I wasn`t wrong,She did,now if we just have a few more warm days we will have lots more tomatoes..
The baby cardinal is molting & getting his colors now.I couldn`t resist adding him to this post.