tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post211239263784835336..comments2023-12-07T05:50:30.962-05:00Comments on Skippy's Vegetable Garden: fava blossomskathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-89221921441757364032008-06-01T21:40:00.000-04:002008-06-01T21:40:00.000-04:00Here's a cool site about ladybugs. One ladybug can...Here's a cool site about <A HREF="http://www.ladybuglady.com/LadybugsFAQ.htm" REL="nofollow">ladybugs</A>. One ladybug can eat as many as 50 aphids a day!kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-780525383910183932008-06-01T21:33:00.000-04:002008-06-01T21:33:00.000-04:00I'm now starting to see a few black aphids and ant...I'm now starting to see a few black aphids and ants on the plants. But the plants look very healthy and beans are forming under the blossoms. Also, I see lady bugs around.<BR/><BR/>The aphids are a bad pest for the favas and last year destroyed my plants that were growing in too much shade. The ants are there because they eat a sugary substance the aphids secrete and they actually protect the aphids. Lady bugs, however, are an aphid predator and control the population. They are good news.<BR/><BR/>I have high hopes still for this crop. I'll get my fava recipe ready!kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-687435971257058312008-05-30T13:47:00.000-04:002008-05-30T13:47:00.000-04:00What beautiful blooms!What beautiful blooms!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-55465775070581439362008-05-30T11:51:00.000-04:002008-05-30T11:51:00.000-04:00I never heard of red flowered fava beans but had f...I never heard of red flowered fava beans but had fun looking these up.<BR/>Here's a great post on them: <A HREF="http://daughterofthesoil.blogspot.com/2007/02/heritage-vegetable-review-broad-bean.html" REL="nofollow">red flowered broad beans at Daughter of the Soil</A>kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-71986027521682974242008-05-30T07:43:00.000-04:002008-05-30T07:43:00.000-04:00Wow, they are beautiful. I only know them in red.Wow, they are beautiful. I only know them in red.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370838552387556024noreply@blogger.com