It's a while since we've seen waratahs near our waterfall, but they have blossomed again this spring.
We need European Earwigs! They have a voracious appetite for the aphids that make that sticky white fluff over the apple tree branches. Seven earwigs can clean up a tree in 3 weeks in good conditions (but remember we have 3000 trees). We've had heaps of earwigs in the stonefruit this summer, but they're just not walking over to the apples. We'd much prefer them to control the aphid than us to spray the trees with an insecticide. So if you have more than you need in your garden, bring them up on your next picking trip. We'll happily give you 10 cents for each healthy and active insect, and mark the tree where you put them so we can track how well they do!