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Fire and Ice: How Extreme Temperatures Impact Your Tomato Plants

Fire and Ice: How Extreme Temperatures Impact Your Tomato Plants

The ripening tomato is a sight to behold in the garden. It’s certainly the pomme d’amour of my eye. A…
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How to Grow More Food Over a Longer Time with Succession Planting

How to Grow More Food Over a Longer Time with Succession Planting

If you are new to gardening, you may think the gardening season begins in May when you plant your summer…
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Compost Vs. Fertilizer: How To Choose The Best For Thriving Soil And Vibrant Plants

Compost Vs. Fertilizer: How To Choose The Best For Thriving Soil And Vibrant Plants

What gardener doesn’t delight in a lush, flourishing garden? Whether we are growing flowers or vegetables (or both), we want…
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Understanding Garlic Scapes and How to Use Them

Understanding Garlic Scapes and How to Use Them

Take a stroll through the Farmer’s Market now through the end of June and you’ll no doubt come across bunches…
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Want A Better Harvest in the Vegetable Garden? Add Flowers!

Want A Better Harvest in the Vegetable Garden? Add Flowers!

I’m a vegetable gardener at heart, but I also love growing flowers. In the past, I’ve kept those areas within…
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Gardening with Intention: Basic Steps for a Beautiful Landscape

Gardening with Intention: Basic Steps for a Beautiful Landscape

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow — Audrey Hepburn Gardens bring joy, beauty, and a purpose to…
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I was off to trim back the salvia today, when I fo I was off to trim back the salvia today, when I found this crab spider with a hoverfly in its grasp.

Unfortunately, it dropped the half eaten insect just as I was about to snap the photo. 

But then this ant appeared, and nearly became dessert. 🍰

It kept running up to the spider and then running away. Who can blame it? 😱

Crab spiders are ambush predators. They don't spin webs, but live on flowers, often blending in and changing body color, waiting to snatch their next meal of bees and flying insects. 

It's hard to see, but its body had a slight purple tinge to match the salvia flower it was nestled against.

I skipped the trimming of the salvia. 😂

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