Lucky For Me ... And My Garden ...

I’ve seen my first ladybirds of the year this week ... on the sunniest day when I could finally take my dog for a walk without wearing my winter coat I spotted lots of bright red ladybirds basking in the mid day sun!

So I’m now hoping to benefit from all my ‘ladybird luck’ ... as ladybird myths say that the number of spots on the ladybird indicates the number of months that will be happy ones from that day forward ...

So I’m hoping to be happy until at least November ... I wonder ‘cause I saw more than one ladybird if I can keep adding up the months of luck ... I could do with all the ‘happy’ months I can get ...

What’s also lucky about ladybirds is that they have absolutely massive appetite for aphids ... in fact a single ladybird will consume an average of 5000 aphids in its lifetime! That’s a heck of a lot of pest control from such a small, innocent looking garden resident ... and requires no hard work from you ...

Simply grow some pollen rich plants in your garden, such as geraniums, coreopsis (I love coreopsis ... and they’re really easy to grow), fennel, tansy ... and even dandelions (so I’ve even got an excuse for a few weeds ...) and you’ll be creating an attractive home for any passing ladybirds.

And if you want an even easier option for getting some of these pest controllers into your garden (or your greenhouse) you can now even buy ladybirds by mail order!!