Country Blessings & Bunnies

08/03/2025

08/03/2025

🚫🪱 TOMATO HORNWORMS ARE BACK! 🪱🚫
These sneaky green giants are one of the most destructive pests in the summer garden—especially if you’re growing tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, or potatoes!

Here’s what you need to know to identify and stop them before they take over your plants:

⸻

🌿 What They Look Like:
• Bright green caterpillars
• White diagonal stripes on the sides
• Black spots and a curved horn on the tail
• Grow up to 4 inches long
• Blend in very well with tomato stems and leaves!

⸻

🔥 What They Do:
• Chew large holes in leaves
• Strip branches down to the stems
• Damage fruit by biting chunks out of green tomatoes

⸻

🛡️ How to Get Rid of Them:
• Handpick – Safest and easiest. They won’t hurt you!
• Feed to chickens or freeze for bird treats
• Use BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) – A natural spray safe for pollinators
• Encourage beneficial predators like birds, paper wasps, and parasitic wasps
• If you spot one with white cocoons on its back—leave it! It’s been parasitized and will not survive, plus it’s helping stop future hornworms.

⸻

💡 Prevention Tips:
✅ Check plants daily, especially in the mornings
✅ Look for black droppings (frass) on leaves—it’s a clue they’re nearby
✅ Rotate crops yearly
✅ Plant companion herbs like basil and marigold to help deter moths
✅ Till your soil at the end of the season to destroy overwintering pupae

⸻

🧤 We’ve been picking them off by hand here and feeding them to the chickens—Mason thinks they’re “giant garden monsters”! 😂

Have you found any hornworms yet? Drop a pic or tip in the comments! 👇

08/03/2025

Mason and”Grippy” say Happy Sunday! 🐸💚

Wishing you a peaceful, joyful, and beautiful Sunday! 🌸☀️

08/02/2025

🌿🦋 Look around you… can you see Him?
Every flower in bloom, every bird in flight, every ray of sunshine testifies to the glory of our Creator. His power and presence are written into the beauty of this world.

Romans 1:20 says:
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”

May we never take for granted the masterpiece we live in. Let nature stir your soul to praise today! 🌻🦊🐇

08/01/2025

If you’re able to and would like to support us, please send us our first star!! 🌟 we just need one star to complete our weekly progress! We so appreciate this community support and love grateful to all of you that are all this journey with us! 💜🐰✝️

08/01/2025

What’s on your summer bucket list 🪣 🗒️ that you still need to check ✔️ off ?! ☀️🌊🍉⛱️🌻

Drop a comment below 👇 & let us know! We love new, creative ideas!!!

08/01/2025

Supporting homesteading and farming pages! Today we recommend Homestead Haven Coops Rabbitry ♥️🐰♥️ Follow, like and show them some major love!!!! Let’s build each other up!

08/01/2025

🌞 Good Morning, friends!
As the sun rises, let this truth rise in your heart too:

🪨 “Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.” – Psalm 31:3

Whatever today holds—decisions to make, tasks to tackle, worries that try to creep in—you don’t walk it alone. God is steady. He is strong. And He is guiding your steps with purpose.

☕ Let’s start this day anchored in faith, trusting the One who leads us well.

07/31/2025

🌞 Happy Thursday, friends!
Today we’re lifting our hands, our hearts, and our voices in praise! 🙌💛

“Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.”
— Psalms 30:4

No matter what the week has looked like, today is a fresh chance to rejoice and give thanks. Whether you’re dancing in the sunshine or whispering quiet prayers indoors, may joy rise up in your soul today. He is worthy of our praise—always!

Drop a 🌼 if you’re praising Him today with us!

07/31/2025

🐸🌿 Look what Mason caught!
We found a tree frog friend and Mason was over the moon! 🥹 He carefully caught it and helped set up a cozy little habitat just for him. Of course, we had to make sure we were doing it right—so we made a fun care guide for others who might find one too!

From misting the enclosure to picking out the perfect climbing vines, Mason made sure every detail was just right. He even named her, Grippy 🐸💚

Got tree frogs in your yard? They make fascinating little buddies if you’re up for the responsibility (and willing to mist a lot 😅).

✨ Save this guide and share with a fellow frog lover!