Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hah--no need for a shrink!  so look for bee balm and virginia creeper to plant and let the little bugsers enjoy themselves there before you drown them.

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>Rinda - I tried the early morning soapy water to drown them and it works wonderfully. The problem is that by mid morning, I have double the bugs and I can't seem to get a handle on the problem.
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>LOL, yes it is very therapeutic!
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>On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Rinda Frye <frinda@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> Japanese beatles are horrible. But I've found that while they were a plague here in the late 90's, they seem to have disappeared in the last 4 to 5 years--I think they simply moved west. If you have access to Virginia creeper, plant some on a fence not too far from your rose bushes. They love Virginia creeper and you can use it as a catch crop. But you have to go out early mornings when they're still sleeping in the vines (and in the roses) with a bowl of soapy water and knock the little devils into the bowl to drown. (This can be very meditative and therapeutic.) Oh, they also love bee balm, which you can use in the same way. One more thing: they prefer light colored roses, so if you plant red or purple roses, you won't have as much trouble with them--the darker the better.
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>> >Hi Sally and everyone - I'm in zone 7a and this has been a great year for yellow squash, zucchini, and cucumbers. In fact, I picked a zucchini last night that weighed 3.2 pounds.
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>> >Last year, I planted rose bushes and they bloomed all summer. This year, I haven't gotten one single bloom because the Japanese Beetles are eating the delicate buds. I've tried vinegar, soapy water, picking them off by hand, and drowning them but I can't seem to control the devastation. I also have mulch around the base to stop the larvae in the ground but even this is not working. Does anyone have a suggestion I could try?
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>> >I've been a member of this group for several years now and I know that last year we were very active. I hope we can kick start this group again because I learned so much from the seasoned gardeners that it would be a shame if we allowed it to disintegrate.
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>> >On Jul 15, 2013, at 6:13 AM, sally glendinning <wirlybirdone@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> >> Hi All!
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>> >> I'm Sally and I have been lurking -- I suspect everyone is off doing their gardening. I can't do much at the moment for two reasons.
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>> >> First I might be moving home and secondly I have mainly concrete around my home and need to build the beds -- I have a limited income, so I have to pause and save up for the next round of development.
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>> >> I have three raised beds -- two of them actually made from an up-ended bed-base filled with horse manure and multipurpose compost -- the compost is cheaper than buying-in a ton of soil. I have been gardening, on and off, for just over 50 years and still learning.
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>> >> My crops are doing well this year, after last year's washout. I have parsley, mangetout and peas, broad beans, shallots, onions and leeks. Parsnips, dwarf runners and french beans.
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>> >> Most of the beans are growing atop my woodchip bed 3' 6" above the ground.
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>> >> I have two baths full of potatoes.
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>> >> For once it isn't raining -- in fact it's been sunny for a few weeks this year -- so it's a very good growing year and so far, keeping my fingers crossed that the potato blight has passed us by.
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>> >> What crops/techniques are you all trying ?
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>> >> Enjoy your gardening -- Best Wishes from Sally in Wales.
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>> >> From: ja_ad_co <ja_ad_co@yahoo.co.uk>
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>> >> Sent: Friday, 5 July 2013, 8:22
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>> >> Hi all.
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>> >> I'm new to this group and I suppose I am a little disappointed that all of the messages are so old. I wonder if its the time of year and everyone is busy gardening.
>> >> I thought I would join the group to see if anyone has any tips that they can share about gardening organically.
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