Comments on: European Paper Wasp http://www.insectpod.com/2008/07/02/european-paper-wasp-4/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matthew Smith http://www.insectpod.com/2008/07/02/european-paper-wasp-4/#comment-1204 Matthew Smith Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:34:56 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/07/02/european-paper-wasp-4/#comment-1204 Wow, nicely captured. Wow, nicely captured.

]]> By: MRL http://www.insectpod.com/2008/07/02/european-paper-wasp-4/#comment-1198 MRL Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:21:19 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/07/02/european-paper-wasp-4/#comment-1198 I can confirm that oregano is some kind of bizarre, mutant superplant. We planted a little bit in our side garden one year, planning to dry it ourselves so we could brag about having our own oregano to put on pizza...and it took over the herb garden. It grew into a giant patch of the stuff, and it's a perennial, so it KEPT growing back - it pretty much grew as fast as we could pick huge bunches of it to dry. We ended up having to root out that whole section of the herb garden to get the oregano to stop taking over. Oh, and also, apparently oregano is closely enough related to catnip that any passing stray cat - and we have more feral cats than you might think in Long Island - became a big fan of our herb garden. A REALLY big fan. I can confirm that oregano is some kind of bizarre, mutant superplant. We planted a little bit in our side garden one year, planning to dry it ourselves so we could brag about having our own oregano to put on pizza…and it took over the herb garden.

It grew into a giant patch of the stuff, and it’s a perennial, so it KEPT growing back - it pretty much grew as fast as we could pick huge bunches of it to dry. We ended up having to root out that whole section of the herb garden to get the oregano to stop taking over.

Oh, and also, apparently oregano is closely enough related to catnip that any passing stray cat - and we have more feral cats than you might think in Long Island - became a big fan of our herb garden. A REALLY big fan.

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