August 17th, 2010
I’m told that this is a garden spider and that they’re fairly common around these parts. I was walking through the back part of my flower beds on the front of the house where nothing grows and walked right past this thing before I noticed it, and then once I did notice it I jumped right out of the flower bed while screaming “EW! EW! EW! EWWWWW!!!” (I despise spiders, in case you couldn’t figure it out)
Then I showed Sean, who just kind of shrugged like it was no big deal. No big deal?! There’s an ugly yellow possibly poisonous spider in my flower beds – which I basically brushed right by- and all you can do is shrug your shoulders like its nothing???? But, as it turns out, it really isn’t a big deal. Several bug-lover friends confirmed that it is a perfectly fine spider to have in the garden. It took all of my courage to not kill it, but I’m kind of glad that I didn’t.
At least he’s a pretty spider… you know, as far as spiders go.
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June 24th, 2010
The stories have been around the internet. The bee population is down significantly. I didn’t think I’d notice it around our parts… but I have. And that breaks my heart 
I’m normally on high-alert in the summers for bees. I’m allergic (not to the extent that I could die, but if I get stung I swell up really bad and run a fever and such), so I’m used to paying attention to them so I can avoid getting stung. I’ve normally tried to be somewhat careful when poking around in the garden because I don’t want to disturb the ones that might be on the tomato blooms (though I always do). I’ve not had that problem, if you can call it a problem, this year.
Its still too early to tell around here of the affect of it on the garden. We have jalapenos growing like crazy and I noticed a few teeny tiny bell peppers today when I came home from work. So something is pollinating. Maybe they’re just not around when I am? I’m still worried, though.
If you have a proliferation of bees in your area, give them a little whisper for me and send them on over to Ohio!
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