"You really should stop looking at ladybug butts."

Apparently, this is what friends tell you when you’re spending entirely too much time trying to figure out what that weird fuzz is on the butts of all the ladybugs that are hanging out on your windows. (It’s a fungus, by the way.) 

If, like me, you’re inundated with ladybugs this time of year, you can send them packing. 

Like most gardeners, I prefer my ladybugs outside, in my garden. Thankfully, there are some super-easy things you can do to discourage them from using your home as an all-inclusive luxury winter resort. 

I also realized that Thanksgiving is late again this year which is going to make Christmas feel like it's right on top of us before we know it. (Only 48 days!) So, I'm getting started early so I don't feel like I'm being rushed. I love adding natural elements around my home.