colorado days: 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

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!!!

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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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?

colorado days