I bought bugs?!?!?!?

our broccoli plant leaves had small holes in them.

something is eating them.

i asked the lady at the local garden store (not home depot or lowes).

and she said i needed a praying mantis.

so i bought a container which had 2 "nests"

and it's supposed to hatch 200-400 (holy crap) manti

what i didnt know, is that they can reach 6 inches long.

honestly if i see a freaking mantis 6 inches long, i will freak out and run for my life.

the container
cameron preparing the nest
we had to hang the nest 1 foot off the ground

the nest hanging from the tomato cage

up close

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anyway those little critters eat all sorts of bugs and caterpillars...

so we should be bug free soon :)

the garden

cucumbers (the large plant)

squash

broccoli!!!!!!

broccoli!!!

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i should have taken a before/during/almost after

b/c i have been weeding the yard for 2 days now.

yesterday for 8 hours + cameron's 4 hours

then today for 4 hours (but then it started raining).

but the whole yard was weeds, and our poor grass couldnt grow.

so cameron and i set out on a weed picking journey.

and we are making great headway.

we actually need to step on it, b/c we want the yard looking good before

4pm on saturday for our bbq.

but it looks great in the areas with no weeds :)
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on another note, lauren said it well in this post

about sus & chris

they have been gone 1.5 weeks

and it's getting weird for me not being able to talk to her :(.

i've already sent a letter and a package.

it's only 98 cents for an intl stamp... who knew?