Beneficial Insects
Beneficial insects can play many roles in a Growing Dome, from pollinating flowers to helping keep pest populations in balance. This category explores useful greenhouse visitors such as ladybugs, lacewings, predatory mites, parasitic wasps, bees, and other pollinators, along with ways to attract, support, or introduce them. You’ll also find guidance on creating habitat, encouraging a healthy greenhouse ecosystem, and using beneficial insects as part of an organic approach to pest management.
Attracting Bees to your Greenhouse
October 13, 2021
Will Bees Help Your Greenhouse? Attracting bees to your greenhouse will certainly encourage ample harvests. New greenhouses don’t always get discovered by local pollinators, which might leave the gardener empty-handed, or with much less produce than anticipated when it comes time to harvest. It is the job of the gardener to help pollinators find the…
Beneficial Insects
August 29, 2017
Gardening in a Growing Dome is rewarding. Upon entering the Growing Dome, we inflate our lungs with clean, fresh air, instantly melting away any fears or worries we had moments before. In this sanctuary we feed the fish, smell the blossoms, snack on some healthy treats along the way, and nourish the soil. Sowing seeds…