Let slip the bugs of war!

It should be a fun weekend. I ordered several thousand ladybugs and a few million nematodes from ARBICO, an organic pest control mail order house. Why they don't just sell a few hundred ladybugs at a time is a mystery to me. But anyway, it's the battle of the bulge in my backyard right now and I need reinforcements.

My plants seemed healthier when I never mowed the lawn. Now that a service does it, I think I have more infestations in my garden. Perhaps its a coincidence, but I think the nice low grass and lack of weeds take away the hiding places a lot of the beneficial insects used to live in. Now all that can thrive are aphids, ants, and fungus. And who wants those?

Cry Havoc! And let slip the bugs of war!