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Author - Pat Patterson
Pat’s Bug Corner: Crickets
We seldom see grasshoppers, the kissing cousins of crickets, in our houses, but crickets definitely...
Time for Bed for Your Garden
Hey, it is time for bed. Have you tucked your garden into bed for the coming winter? Here it is...
Lacewings
My introduction to the lovely green lacewing was when we were growing a demonstration garden at our...
Sage, the Thanksgiving Herb
Sage, Salvia officinalis, has a long history of use. It is a perennial culinary herb, an incense, a...
Pat’s Bug Corner: Praying Mantids
As a youngster I had a pet green praying mantis which lived in a window and I fed it raw hamburger...
Pat’s Green Friends: Wild Blackberries
The plant that ate the barn. When I moved into a place on acreage in Ashland, Oregon, there were 20...
Pat’s Bug Corner: Earwigs – Friend or Foe?
If you love flowers, especially dahlias, you would immediately say Foe! Nothing like bringing in a...
Nipplewort
Well, there is no shortage of green friends, and a few less friendly, out there just now. So many...
Purslane
Purslane, also known as Portulaca oleracea, is a weed to many that may even be growing in your...