Japanese Beetle Invasion!

Just when we get the flea beetles under control, Japanese Beetles attack!  There were a few last week, but this week they were everywhere!  We got “homeopathic” (not sure how much I believe that) beetle-sex-smell traps that we’ve hung along the fence.  In the end you are supposed to end up with a big bag […]
Read more

i can't believe that worked!

A couple of weekends ago we found that our eggplants were covered and flea beetles and most of the leaves were so eaten-through that they were like lace.  So, after a little internet research (yikes!) we went out and killed as many of the bugs as we could by hand.  We made a few passes […]
Read more