One Alaskans greenhouse

[Alasgun]

Coming in this afternoon, i encountered this fellow. Some sort of Humming bird moth; i’ll only see a couple in a whole season.

if you can; scroll up and check out the wing detail! God did that.

 

[digitS']

Do you think that it might be the one of these?

Butterflies and Moths of North America is one good source of information LINK. Fun looking for this

Steve

 

[Alasgun]

Thanks @digitS', im pretty sure that’s what we’ve got! There are some very subtile color differences but i believe that’s it.

i saved that link as well. It will come in handy occasionally!

 

[Alasgun]

Our Spring/Summer has been quite wet and cloudy so far and it’s having an effect on everything. It’s all there; just really late by comparison.
That Celebrity i posted earlier is just now ripening as are a couple of the others. The Mat-su express is setting nice fruit but they’ll be a while yet.

The Stupice and Morovsky div are giving fruit regularly now And the Asparagus has done especially well this year. After these last few the bed will be dressed well and left to fern.

 

[Dahlia]

Coming in this afternoon, i encountered this fellow. Some sort of Humming bird moth; i’ll only see a couple in a whole season.

if you can; scroll up and check out the wing detail! God did that.

Wow the wings are so beautiful and artistic!

 

[Alasgun]

Broccoli and Cabbage are heading; Peas are coming along real nice and the Kale/Chard is completely useable. Potatoes zoomed right thru they’re second hilling due to inclement weather. Im sure they’ll be fine as i don’t usually hill them at all.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Amazing growth!!

 

[Alasgun]

The air-force has arrived, look out mosquitos! I wish we could buy these like lady bugs or nematodes!

 

[digitS']

In @AMKuska 's Bird thread the varying numbers of this or that feathered critter year-to-year is mentioned. I was noting elsewhere how lacewing bugs have gone missing from the backdoor light in recent years. They can be out there at night in ridiculous numbers some years.

I'm pleased to say that they are back in 2023. I haven't seen many aphids this year for them to prey on. I'd guess that aphid numbers are not the entire reason for the varying population of lacewings but, of course, it is likely to have something to do with it. I blamed our unusually hot Summers, especially a couple of years ago. Maybe.

Garden pests. Potato bugs can be a serious one. We have lots of eggplant this year and the potato beetles can devastate those plants. I found 7 on one plant about 2 weeks ago, one bug on another. I've tried to check those and the potato plants carefully each garden visit. Nothing on very healthy potatoes in '23! I can't squish them all IF they show up everywhere but ... Maybe it's the number of House Sparrows in the big veggie garden. There seem to be more each year. I had better just realize that keeping-up with how all these living things fit together, interact together - is very complex.

There have been a few dragon flies noted. Late in the season, I especially enjoy how they will "patrol" in some determined path, back and forth, back and forth. Guard Duty 👮‍♂️.

Steve

 

[Alasgun]

The smaller tomato’s are keeping us tomato’d up so i placed a tray under that spey of Celebrity’s incase one drops. The curiosity is in the flavor difference between red on the vine and really red and softening, on the vine. Meanwhile, Stupice/Morovsky div and the Mat-su express have us in that “hey; you want some tomato’s“ place.

”The Moose trap”, one of several garden upgrades this year will give me a “close to the back door“ bed for salad and daily use herbs.
The far bed contains Horse radish, Self Heal and Rhodiola. The near bed is being populated with Cilantro, Lettuce, Kale etc.