1 post tagged “mantis”

We released "m" the mantid from captivity into the semi-wild garden on the side of the house.  We wanted to raise a few, but ended up only caretaking the one.   As he(? we think ?) became an adult, it seemed grim to continue the imprisonment, with no chance of "socialization" before the spectre of death paid us a visit... so today, with little ceremony, we put him in the garden to taste free-range meals at last (no more of the farm-raised crickets he was used to) and have a fighting chance at starting a family.

 

2.  Harvested a couple vegetables while we were out there.  The garden peaked in June or so, but now the 2nd planting is starting to kick in (tomatoes are just flowering, year-round gardening in SoCal is awesome), and  the cucumbers from the spring planting are still giving us way more than we can use.  Totally organic and totally delicious.  Although actually some of the carrots are a little tough.  Dig the awesome green/yellow stylings of the bell pepper!