luvmygdaughters
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I have never seen so many dragonflies as I have this summer. They are everywhere, but, I haven't been bothered with mosquitoes as bad. Anybody else notice this?
I have never seen so many dragonflies as I have this summer.
Damn!! Good work keeping your place friendly, but, watch those damn ticks. Hope you feel better!!I have seen more this year than in the past few. There are many farms in my area and I know they spray a lot of pesticides. I have seen a decline in dragon flies and honey bees since we moved to this property 5 years ago.
Fortunately for the pollinators, I have invested a lot in native plants and native perennial flowers, along with annual flowers and the bees, flutterbys, etc are in abundance. I will continue to make my 2 acres friendly to all that I can help!
As a side note, all my enthusiasm to improve the property has me on three weeks of antibiotics. When working the soil and installing flats with 200 plants, I picked up two ticks on my back that I didn't catch and got a swollen and itchy rash. Don't want Lyme so paying the price.
Won't even stop me from the things that bring me pleasure- gardening, improving the property and splitting wood! But I will pay better attn to the places on my body I don't often see!!
Thanks. I hate the antibiotics; just took one with some yogurt. And a trip in the near future to a place with swimming pools...no sunshine for this gal!Damn!! Good work keeping your place friendly, but, watch those damn ticks. Hope you feel better!!