Category Archives: Green Plants
What are aphids?
Aphids are tiny soft-bodied insects that such the juices of plants. During the summer, you may find the stems and leaves of you garden plants crowded with tiny pear-shaped insects called aphids. Another name for them is “plant lice.” Aphids are among the most common insect pests of plants. The aphid lives only to eat. Its mouth …
Where does mold come from?
Mold is really a patch of tiny plants. Tiny molds “seeds” called spores are carried away by currents of air. When they land on a material they can use as food, the spores grow into new mold plants. If you leave a piece of damp bread in the kitchen, in a few days it will …