Daga Farms LLC

05/10/2026

Harvesting catnip tea.

04/27/2026

Developing the Kolonchoe army.
Topping clones for more bud/flower sites.

04/01/2026

Catnip is coming in good!

03/23/2026

03/23/2026

Harvesting predator mites this weekend. Counts are looking good! At least 1000 individuals per gram of vermiculite blend.
A single adult will eat 5 to 10 spider mites and/or about 20/30 enemy eggs per day. The neophytes (immature/white) will eat about 25% more than the full grown (red) adults.
These guys are really small, so you will.have to blow up the pics to see them.

03/14/2026

Potting up some Habenero pepper plants today. 6 inside and 7 in the greenhouse.

03/08/2026

Our home made sifter works great!
Today we were sifting CoCo Coir. The worms like the fines. Seedlings love the larger crumbles. We haven't yet found a use for the stringy outer husk. Give us time. Until then we will use it as garden compost.​​
Good times!
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03/07/2026

Those tunnels in your lawn aren't what you think.

I'm an Eastern Mole. And I have never eaten a single blade of grass. I'm a carnivore. My entire diet is underground insects, grubs, and earthworms.

The thing actually eating your grass roots is the Japanese beetle grub — a white C-shaped larva living in the top few inches of soil. That's what I'm hunting when I dig. A single mole eats tens of thousands of grubs per year.

The tunnels you see on the surface are hunting runs. I push through soft soil following grub trails the same way a dog follows a scent. The lawn lifts slightly above the tunnel. It looks messy. But underneath, the grub population is being controlled for free.

Those tunnels also aerate compacted soil and improve drainage. Grass roots grow better in soil that a mole has worked through than in soil that's been left compressed.

The brown patches that show up in late summer are usually grub damage, not mole damage. Removing the mole removes the control. The grubs stay.

🌿 If you have mole tunnels:

- Press the raised turf back down with your foot — the grass recovers in a few days
- The tunnels mean your soil has a healthy insect population, which means healthy soil biology overall
- If the tunneling is concentrated in one area, that's where the grub population is highest — the mole is showing you where the real problem lives
- A well-watered lawn softens the surface and reduces visible tunnel ridges

The tunnels aren't damage. They're job sites 🌱

03/07/2026

Increasing crop yied using manual pollination techniques. Picture of our various "bees" and their respective crops.

03/07/2026

Hello. I’m the Pill Bug (you probably call me a Roly Poly). Sorry I’m "infesting" the damp mulch under your flower pots.

I know I look like a tiny armored tank. But I’m one of the few creatures on Earth that actually makes your soil safer for you to grow food in. I don't eat your healthy plants; I eat the dead, rotting stuff that most other bugs won't touch.

I am one of the only creatures that can safely consume heavy metals like Lead and Cadmium.

When I eat contaminated soil, I crystallize those toxic metals in my gut, essentially "locking them away" so they don't end up in your tomatoes or lettuce. I am a living filtration system for your garden.

What to do:
Stop worrying about us. We love dampness, so if there are "too many" of us, it just means you're overwatering or have some rotting wood nearby. We are the "clean-up crew." Leave us in the mulch so we can keep your soil clean and your plants fed.

I’m sorry I’m "creepy-crawly."
But your garden soil is cleaner and richer because of me.