An update of our attempts on raising creatures with chlorophyll...
Our zinnias are growing extremely well with a bounty of flowers of all shapes and colors!
In our backyard, we strive for multipurpose plants--i.e. good to look at and eat!... such as fruit!
Merlot and Chardonnay grapes - We hear the fruit is extremely sweet. That's why they're great for wine.
Thompson's green grapes (supposedly the kind you get at supermarket to eat?)
Star Jasmine with a pleasant sweet fragrance that will hopefully help mask the smells of food cooking from our neighbors' homes...
Honey Mandarin Orange tree
with some fruit! (well, ONE fruit)
And the latest addition to the collection... Blackberries!
In the far off corner of our yard, we're growing some tomato plants that sprouted out of nowhere. They are growing like gangbusters...
With tons of tomatoes!
Unfortunately, recently, we've been infested with a nasty creature. Remember the big green wormy guy from Bug's Life? He was awfully cute in the movie...
....but not in real life!
This monstrous guy chewed up our tomato plants to smithereens!
He was so voracious, he didn't just settle for leaves, but attacked the fruit as well! Consumed huge chunks of it!
And left nasty green poop... yuck, worm poop.
That was the biggest hornworm we've seen so far. In the meantime, Dave's been killing little mini ones daily. At least 5 a day... Ugh...
This monstrous guy chewed up our tomato plants to smithereens!
He was so voracious, he didn't just settle for leaves, but attacked the fruit as well! Consumed huge chunks of it!
And left nasty green poop... yuck, worm poop.
That was the biggest hornworm we've seen so far. In the meantime, Dave's been killing little mini ones daily. At least 5 a day... Ugh... *shiver*
The good news is that our plants are starting to recover!
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