Gardens anyone?

[rgfixit]

Sorry, no dogs for me. I've had my fill.

The trap is set....now we'll see. The anticipation is killing me.

Just baked up some biscuits for strawberry shortcake tonight.


Mnmmmm! Shortcake.

Rg

[boondox]

Hmmmm. Add a cumbustion chamber and a spritz of ether, and you can launch them 5 neighbors down!   

We're's like like button!

[ActiveTrapChecker]

I never did put up the trail cams, but it might be the same culprit who took a liking to my sugar snap peas...

[rgfixit]

Killed my first batch of Japanese beetles this morning. I though I saw a few flying around at the park on my walk . Came home and found a dozen or so in my asparagus. Got out the Malthion! Don't know why they always go for the asparagus. I set up a trap, as an experiment, about 40 yards away and upwind of my garden. I'm gonna monitor how many it traps and how many still show up on my plants.

Rg

[boondox]

Killed my first batch of Japanese beetles this morning. I though I saw a few flying around at the park on my walk . Came home and found a dozen or so in my asparagus. Got out the Malthion! Don't know why they always go for the asparagus. I set up a trap, as an experiment, about 40 yards away and upwind of my garden. I'm gonna monitor how many it traps and how many still show up on my plants.

Rg

Rember to move it as the wind changes.. if only one trap..

[rgfixit]

The trap caught a ton of beetles yesterday.  There must have been a hundred or so. I'm buying 2 more today to place further away and further upwind and down wind.

I know they attract beetles to the area but I figure I may as well kill as many as possible to prevent their reproducing. They'll meet they're demise in a bucket of soapy water and go in the trash.

 Good news was, I couldn't find one Beetle on my plants.

Rg

[boondox]

Nice! Good to hear cause you cought it early now they won't be in soil hopefully??
 that were they go after falling off plant.. websites suggest not tilling veggies like  potatoes squash etc under the soil for it attrcks bugs Like so remember me saying this... iam sure you knew this?

[rgfixit]

I was watching them swarm the traps today. Why they hit the vanes and dive into the bag I'll never know. I saw 4 at once hit the trap from different directions and all went in the bag.

I did kill a half dozen on my asparagus today, but it would have been a plague without the traps I think.

I'll empty the traps in the morning and peat a picture.


Rg

[boondox]

Rg this gives good in site in to the Japanese beetle always good to read up on the bug you want to incinerate..


http://msue.anr.msu.edu/resources/japanese_beetle_tips_for_your_lawn

[boondox]

Oh by the way rg I think they sell a lawn fertilizer you spread with a spreader..  spring and fall just a heads up you got to use a spreader on the lawn to put it down.. I think  it is a brand like Scott's brand or some thing similar??  any how it's a jap beetle preventer and fertilizer.. might be worth the trouble for you??

[rgfixit]

Won't do a darned thing if all my neighbors don't do applications as well. Waste of money.

Rg

[boondox]

Won't do a darned thing if all my neighbors don't do applications as well. Waste of money.

Rg

Exactly. 

[ActiveTrapChecker]

I never did put up the trail cams, but it might be the same culprit who took a liking to my sugar snap peas...

Was playing catch with the princess, grilling sausage and saw what was likely the Hosta and sugar snap culprit, broad side about 75 yards away. Amazingly it was 430 in the afternoon and 96*. After staring down the princess for 6 minutes it wandered back into the woods

[boondox]

Must be a deer cause it was broad side..

[ActiveTrapChecker]

Must be a deer cause it was broad side..

Was a good eating size too. Well, aren’t they all?