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The oddness continues our side of the pond as well @minismallholding. A few years ago our almond tree got totally confused. One half was losing leaves while the other half full of blossoms. To this day it continues it's wierd behaviour. It still bears fruit but wierdly (or maybe obviously) the almonds only grow on one half.

Happy autumn days here too. Almost my favourite time of year. Almost......

Gosh poor chicken, glad you got that out of her eye. Having an orange tree must be nice. I always dream of having a garden full of plants like these. 

Nice little read I had. 😊

Wow that is very odd.  Seems these strange times that we are in are also affecting our seasons. I have other speculations of why things are odd but I won’t say it here.

Okay so I’m taking note that we want to have mantisis in our gardens.  I need to learn about all of the helpful predators that keep unwanted pests out of our gardens.

Oh my gosh I’m so glad you found that seed. Thank goodness you kept looking.

Wow love that orange tree and all of the chicken photos!  I am really enjoying seeing other garden posts :)

Poor chicken, those grass seeds get everywhere, I keep a close eye on my puppy and her paws. 

Awww, poor Ginger! I'm glad you got it out!

Also, UGH spider mites are THE WORST. We hates them, nasty, tricksy, false! (Gollum noises)

That's pretty wild about your plants not knowing what season it is.  Global weirding, indeed.

Plucking seeds from the eyes of chickens...

My guess on the mites is a badly balanced soil, not providing enough or a balance of what that plant needs to be healthy enough to resist pests. It's hard to have balanced soil in a pot. But often times a good quality balanced foliar feed can reverse these problems. By the end of the summer, most plants have utilized whatever was available in the soil, and they weaken due to inability to be nourished. Foliar feeding can help with this. It should NOT be high nitrogen as that will make the problem worse.

Love the chicken photos and glad you found that seed! Bet she is too.

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Can't say I've ever seen mantis egg casings before, very strange. They look as if they were sewn by human hands. Save some oranges for me, that's an exotic fruit here in Suriname.

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Argh! Spider mites I hated these things on my Bonzai and my herb patch. I ended up going to my local pet store and buying some preying mantis. Noting that it is winter now so they won't really do well and your chooks might love them for lunch. 

I try to avoid chemicals, I also find oil mixed with water or citrus juice and water even vinegar and a light spray in the evening helps. 

You can't always use that method on things like Rosemary and other herbs otherwise the flavour comes across. The olive oil works best in that instance as I tend to cook with olive oil alot. 

I wish you all the best and watch out for frost bite this time of year! 

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AW, thanks so much for updating me on your lovely garden. I'm sorry you had mites - I've never had them, so I wouldn't know what to do. My chook got an eye infection a while back and it was a grass seed, so it's the first thing I check for. My biggest problem with them in the noise as they shout at rats at the moment - I really must deal with that problem. 

I guess mites gotta eat too but aaargh XD

Why are you afraid of removing the eggs?

I've been loving the seasons lately even if the poor plants are rather puzzled. 

Ahh look at the little chickens so cute XD

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Spider mites can devastate a garden so quickly. I use neem oil to control a lot of the pests in our garden. Neem oil is organic and will do no harm to any plant it is used on. If you haven't tried it, you may want to give it a shot, I find that it works great for all kinds of insects.

I have only seen a few PRAYING MANTIS in this area, but when I do I'm delighted. As you know, they are bug-eating machines.
At one point, I'm not sure the law is still in effect, it was against the law to kill them and if you did you would be fined. I'm not sure how they could enforce this law, but it was on the books. 
If I would have run into the nest of the mantis, I'm sure that I would not have known what it was. 
Good job continuing to keep an eye out for the chicken with the bad eye. Most folk may have just blown it off, figuring that there was nothing they could do. That sure was a large seed in the poor fellow's eye. I'm sure she'll lay a few extra eggs every day to let you know how much she appreciates you doctoring her up.

The little fellows are so cute.  

Have a great day.

What a lovely post! Poor chicken, that must have been horrible to have in her eye for that long as well..I wonder how it even got in there, it seems so huge for a chicken's eye. Glad you managed to discover it, she must be very happy you relieved her from this thing!

Loving the garden, can't wait for us to have one too :)