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I ran away from teaching to the country to grow veggies. There are also some chooks and a pair of troublesome goats who were so much trouble they had to go! My simple green life isn't always as simple or as green as I'd like...but I keep trying!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Locust under glass...a recipe for disaster.

Those bugs splattering on my windscreen yesterday were locusts.  I found this one in my veggie garden this morning.   Hardly a plague but still an indication that they are here.





After his photo shoot this model was snapped up by an agent wearing a chicken costume.



If you are interested in learning more about plague locusts, the Department of Primary Industries has an informative site.

7 comments:

  1. Hope the critters stay on your side of the mountain!

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  2. Hi Hazel, just came to visit from across the way (NSW) as you had been kind enough to visit my blog. I like your gardening style ...very creative and fun! The comment about the agent dressed in a chicken suit appealed to me greatly.
    thegirlwithgreenthumbs.blogspot.com

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  3. Hazel your blog is hilarious, I am joining! Although somehow I doubt you are the top of the food chain in your garden :)

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  4. Hazel, continuing the biblical theme... I hope that the plagues of locusts, snails etc, will in due course be followed by Manna from heaven, and a bountiful harvest that will feed the Five Thousand (or something like that!)

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  5. Hello Australia - Canada here. We don't have those critters here! Yikes, eh!!!

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  6. Your garden would make a great Alfred Hitchcock set! :)

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  7. Gotta love them chickens. They do a good job.

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