A Beneficial Visitor and Roses With A Peel

I saw this fellow last year near my shed. He is now making a home under the siding by the back porch. I figure he will eat any gross bugs I don't want getting into my house. This specimen is a skink of some sort. Very cute even though he did cause me to scream.













 

Is that a banana in your pocket? No just a bunch of peels.

Day 2 of banana peels as aphid deterrent. Yesterday I draped some peels over the aphid rich areas, and today there were few if any aphids in those spots. I did however see some aphids clustered on a not too distant leaf, so I went ahead and placed a peel in that area.





As for the circular ground decorations, those peels should provide extra potassium to the plants and aphids are not fond of potassium. My son eats a banana at least once a day, so no shortage of peels. More to come...