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cristyn

cristyn's 11 Critter garden

Garden Type: Butterfly | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Don't Know | Established: 2008 | Organic

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This is a garden for tracking garden critters, friendly or otherwise.

An outdoor organic garden located in Albany, New York, United States, cristyn's 11 Critter garden currently contains 28 plants.

This is a Butterfly garden in a Full Sun position and is located in USDA Hardiness Zone 5.

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Plantings

  • spittlebug

    spittlebug

    Sown on 17 May 10 Little orange guys in a big cloud of foam. As ...

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    • Very Unhappy
  • Root Maggots

    Root Maggots

    Sown on 17 May 10 Mostly I've got cabbage root maggots. They eat...

    • 1
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    • Very Unhappy
  • Assassin Bug

    Assassin Bug

    Sown on 17 May 10

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    • Happy
  • Aphids

    Aphids

    Sown on 07 Jun 09 I didn't have many in my first year gardening h...

    • 1
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    • Unhappy
  • alleged stink bug

    alleged stink bug

    Sown on 03 Aug 08 I saw a weird bug on my beans. By the time I g...

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  • lacewing

    lacewing

    Established on 07 Jul 08 Saw a lacewing on my longbeans. I hope it stay...

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  • cabbage white butterfly

    cabbage white butterfly

    Established on 29 Jun 08 A white cabbage moth was flittering around my g...

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  • chipmunk

    chipmunk

    Established on 24 Jun 08 I saw a chipmunk in the garden today. I came ou...

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    • Neutral
  • squirrel

    squirrel

    Established on 22 Jun 08 I haven't seen any squirrels in the yard in a w...

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  • leaf hoppers

    leaf hoppers

    Established on 22 Jun 08 They've infested my longbeans and have been sig...

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    • Very Unhappy
  • ladybug

    ladybug

    Established on 20 Jun 08 I've seen a few ladybugs on my arugula, and mor...

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    • Very Happy
  • Squash Nemeses

    Squash Nemeses

    Established on 19 Jun 08 cucumber beetles, squash vine borers, and squas...

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    • Unhappy
  • Other Wasps

    Other Wasps

    Established on 18 Jun 08 This is for wasps that aren't European Paper Wa...

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    • Neutral
  • black cat

    black cat

    Established on 17 Jun 08 This cat walks by my kitchengarden every few da...

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    • Happy
  • leaf miners

    leaf miners

    Established on 11 Jun 08 Stupid maggots, eatin' my beet leaves. Grrr......

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    • Unhappy
  • Flies

    Flies

    Sown on 29 Apr 08

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  • Sundry Spiders

    Sundry Spiders

    Established on 29 Apr 08 There are a bunch of spider varieties in my gar...

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    • Happy
  • European Paper Wasp

    European Paper Wasp

    Established on 29 Apr 08 These girls have been with me from day one, fai...

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    • Very Happy
  • Bees

    Bees

    Established on 29 Apr 08

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  • ants

    ants

    Established on 29 Apr 08 Ants seem to have moved in the minute we finish...

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    • Neutral
  • lepidopterae

    lepidopterae

    Butterflies, moths, etc.

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  • Sundry Birds

    Sundry Birds

    Sundry birds that are rarer than house sparrows.

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  • Young Grasshopper

    Young Grasshopper

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  • Mole

    Mole

    I found a dead mole on my driveway. I filled t...

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  • Low the Owl

    Low the Owl

    Because everyone needs a bobble-headed owl. My...

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  • House Sparrow

    House Sparrow

    This bird likes to sit on the gutter outside th...

    • 1
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  • Earwig

    Earwig

    This earwig seems to have taken up residence in...

    • 0
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  • Cousin Mosquito

    Cousin Mosquito

    • 6
    • 0
    • 0

Comments

  • Happibun

    Happibun wrote:

    No Black Widows so far, were they only on your San Diego balcony?

    I do like the idea of keeping track of the visitors and resident fauna in the garden, that’s half of the fun of gardening for me.

    Posted on 14 Jul 08 (almost 5 years ago)

  • cristyn

    cristyn wrote:

    The black widows were a San Diego thing. I haven’t seen any in New York. : )

    Posted on 14 Jul 08 (almost 5 years ago)

  • Happibun

    Happibun wrote:

    I can see that is a relief. I am so glad we don’t get them over here.

    Shudders

    Posted on 24 Jul 08 (almost 5 years ago)

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cristyn

cristyn

Albany, New York

United States

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