Friends & Foes Archives - Grow a Green https://growagreen.com/category/friends-foes/ Small piece of nature in your hands, mind and soul Sat, 20 Feb 2021 22:25:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://growagreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-grow-a-green-logo-c6cc52-16-32x32.png Friends & Foes Archives - Grow a Green https://growagreen.com/category/friends-foes/ 32 32 Raise local biodiversity – make an insect hotel https://growagreen.com/raise-local-biodiversity-make-insect-hotel/ https://growagreen.com/raise-local-biodiversity-make-insect-hotel/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:23:46 +0000 http://www.growagreen.com/?p=883 Inspired by preserving insect fauna, we made a workshop for kids. Subject: Making an Insect hotel. There are no strict rules regarding material you can use, nor the shape of it. Provide an overwintering place and a nesting spot during summer - in the middle of the city

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]]> https://growagreen.com/useful-predator-lady-beetle/feed/ 0 Metcalfa pruinosa – A citrus flatid planthopper https://growagreen.com/metcalfa-pruinosa-citrus-planthopper/ https://growagreen.com/metcalfa-pruinosa-citrus-planthopper/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:06:57 +0000 http://www.growagreen.com/?p=196 Whitish waxy twigs and leaves? Lots of small gray insects jumping around as you approach your garden? Most probably you are dealing with Metcalfa pruinosa. It will wax up most of your plants all summer long...

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]]> https://growagreen.com/metcalfa-pruinosa-citrus-planthopper/feed/ 0 Box Tree Moth – Cydalima perspectalis is here https://growagreen.com/box-tree-moth-cydalima-perspectalis/ https://growagreen.com/box-tree-moth-cydalima-perspectalis/#respond Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:36:32 +0000 http://www.growagreen.com/?p=115 Box tree moth - Cydalima perspectalis is a new invasive insect species in our gardens and forests. It is flying and eating it's way through Europe. Fast.

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