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Snails and slugs slither through your garden, chomping on succulent plants and leaving a slimy trail in their wake. Snails are gastropods, which means “stomach foot,” and they are most active in the coolness of the night.
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Sixteen species of hummingbirds make their part-time homes north of the U.S.-Mexico border, representing the tiniest avians with a size range of 3 1/4 to 5 1/4 inches from bill tip to tail tip.
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Spider mites, tiny web-spinning arachnids that colonize on the undersides of plants’ leaves, suck the fluids out of the plants, including the chlorophyll, leaving them mottled or even killing them.
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When calculating the number of plants needed to cover a space, the requirements may be reported as how many flats to buy. A flat is a tray, usually plastic, made to facilitate watering and transporting groups of pots or plants. Some are simply large rectangular containers, while others may have small starter “cells.
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Starting seedlings in small pots that you can transplant lets you get a jump on Mother Nature, but commercial peat pots can be expensive. Recycle old newspaper into starter pots, and you can help save both the earth and some cash.
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