Dang, I had no idea it was that potent! Thanks for the heads-up. Guess it's time to go more organic, huh?

Come to think of it life is organic! There is so much wonderful life on the planet, beautiful, intricate and diversified. It adds so much to our own living to appreciate it ALL.

Yes, we can control the bugs that eat our plants, but we can use gentle means and not expect every leaf, bloom, and veggie to be blemish free.

I copied a garden sign that was placed in a Mexico City garden and published in a garden magazine. It says;

"Grace without perfection is more to be desired
than perfection without grace."

Grace ... benign good will towards all creation.

The sign is in this picture:

My grandmother used to use an insecticide called Paris Green when I was a little kid. I remember what a intense green color is was and I used to stir it around with a stick. Arsenic! And now outlawed. It's a wonder it didn't kill us all, but she didn't know.

Good grief, roselee, I used to use it on my veggies because I thought it was safe --- glad I am still here!!!!

It is touted as fairly safe for humans, but lethal for insect life -- that means

butterflies
lady bugs
beneficial mites that eat the bad ones
praying mantids
the wild bees of which there are scores of varieties
as well as honey bees.

The latest issue of the science magazine, Discover, has an article on the bee callapse disorder and cites how production is known to increase when farmers plant hedge rows with flowering plants to attract wild native bees to nector and nest and refrain from spraying insecticides; all of which allow the wild native bees to pollinate the crops. There are plans to introduce and encourage this practice on a national scale just in case the honey bee problem is not solved soon.

Linked below are some articles about just three kinds of wild bees for anyone interested, the Orchard Mason Bee, Minor Bee and Giant Resin Bee.

What I like are the little teeny tiny bees like this one on Rosa Renae:

Here is a link that might be useful: Wild bees ...