Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Feeding Monarch/Queen Caterpillars, 0 by burg1111

burg1111 wrote:
I have millions of lizards around here! They make me crazy! I have to keep my vegetable seedlings under cover longer than usual or they eat them right up! Sometimes a little dishsoap and water mix sprayed on the plants keeps them away, but with rain storms every few hours, its hard to keep up with.
Last spring I had iguanas eat two gardenia bushes and an entire strawberry crop in one weekend! I planted a yellow oleander on the corner of the patio, and that seems to have kept them at bay. (I think it makes them sick if they eat it, so they stay away. I know it is toxic to most verterbrates). I also ended up with some oleander caterpillars (relatively rare down here), so that was a bonus. It smells nice in the evening as well.
Although I am battling with lizards for cucumber plants right now, my biggest problem is ants. They are on EVERYTHING! All this rain has brought them out in droves. Anyone have any tips? They are all over every plant in my garden.
My new native coral honeysuckle is blooming. What a beautiful flower!