Praying Mantis Release
Organic Gardening
Lincoln Landscaping of Franklin Lakes
Yua Tah Hey (A Navaho Greeting) my organic friends.
My name Is Mike Kolenut. My company Lincoln Landscaping is providing leadership in organic sports turf management, throughout New Jersey and New York. My hobby is growing vegetables and herbs organically, utilizing square foot gardening.
Eliminating pesticides from my diet has morphed from hobby to passion to obsession at this point.
In this video you will see lady bugs and praying mantis released into my garden. The adventure turned into a family celebration, as we watched them climb up each plant, looking for aphids, mites, caterpillars and such. These bugs of prey are referred to as Beneficial’s, and have names like assassin bugs.
I am willing to try anything within reason to reduce my exposure to pesticides. When my garden was ravaged with leafhoppers, caterpillars, and flea beetles I prayed these beautiful little creatures could rescue my precious crops.
So far so good, no spraying, has taken place. My garden has improved since the release of the Beneficial’s – AKA Assassin bugs.
I have learned a lot this year, and will share my experiences, so stay tuned, for another adventure.
Vaya Con Dios.
