Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Stink bugs and Militant Squirrels
I lost my cucumbers to stink bugs two summers ago. To break the egg cycle, I grew no squash or cukes for them to eat last summer. This spring when the bugs fly in I have a jar of soapy water and latex gloves with their name on it. If you get them before they lay eggs you will have a harvest...
As for militant squirrels we had 8 at one time decimating our pecans in November. The squirrels did not live there, they were Cox's army on the move. The squirrels would bite into the green husk which are bitter and throw them down on the ground. My son had a bee-bee gun that has a small report (sound) and got all eight before the sun set. No complaint report to the police, just birds chirping and peace. Last summer my son's dog took care of 4 squirrels, two skunks and one grackle in one day and buried them too. Started to look like a cemetery with all the mounds. The fire ants found the remains so we had to use gloves and rebury the remains and then temporary cinder blocks so the dog would not get noisy when we buried them again. Hope my garden story helps or at least makes you smile. Nancy Kosling
From: Steve Holden <sah@nutritionucanlivewith.com>
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Stink bugs
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Stink bugs
For the stinkbugs, I have used Diatomaceous Earth with great success.
Just sprinkle it liberally around the plants and reapply after it rains.
A dog or cat for the squirrels .
On 2/16/2014 11:47 AM, fiddlewoman1@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hi Jim and group
>
> In the last 3 years we have 2 serious gardening problems that I can't
> find solutions to.
>
> 1) we have been invaded by stink bugs, and no matter what I have
> tried, they had managed to totally ruin our cucumbers and squash. We
> have removed all the debris, even used a burner to torch any left over
> debris, and possible hiding places for bugs, and still they
> have killed our crops.
>
> 2) Squirrels have developed a taste for my delicious heritage
> tomatoes, and eat most of them - or rather, take one bite and toss
> them down. They start with green ones. They even run up and down my
> plants which are strung up to the T frames. My yield has gone from
> bushels to maybe a gallon or two of tomatoes for the whole season. We
> are thinking of making a chicken wire hoop that goes over the T frames
> and is fastened to the ground to attempt to keep them out this year.
>
> My garden has been organic for 20+ years, and used Mittleider for at
> least 6 of those years; and between months of rain, pests and bugs we
> have lost most of it the last three years. We can hardly buy
> vegetables that aren't foreign or sprayed with pesticides here, and
> even farmers markets are full of produce grown using pesticides and
> other things that I don't want to feed my family, and now we can't
> grow the things we love.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions on how to combat these pests would be greatly
> appreciated!!!!!
>
> Veda Bafford
>
>
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Just sprinkle it liberally around the plants and reapply after it rains.
A dog or cat for the squirrels .
On 2/16/2014 11:47 AM, fiddlewoman1@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hi Jim and group
>
> In the last 3 years we have 2 serious gardening problems that I can't
> find solutions to.
>
> 1) we have been invaded by stink bugs, and no matter what I have
> tried, they had managed to totally ruin our cucumbers and squash. We
> have removed all the debris, even used a burner to torch any left over
> debris, and possible hiding places for bugs, and still they
> have killed our crops.
>
> 2) Squirrels have developed a taste for my delicious heritage
> tomatoes, and eat most of them - or rather, take one bite and toss
> them down. They start with green ones. They even run up and down my
> plants which are strung up to the T frames. My yield has gone from
> bushels to maybe a gallon or two of tomatoes for the whole season. We
> are thinking of making a chicken wire hoop that goes over the T frames
> and is fastened to the ground to attempt to keep them out this year.
>
> My garden has been organic for 20+ years, and used Mittleider for at
> least 6 of those years; and between months of rain, pests and bugs we
> have lost most of it the last three years. We can hardly buy
> vegetables that aren't foreign or sprayed with pesticides here, and
> even farmers markets are full of produce grown using pesticides and
> other things that I don't want to feed my family, and now we can't
> grow the things we love.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions on how to combat these pests would be greatly
> appreciated!!!!!
>
> Veda Bafford
>
>
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