Garden...

[leaningright]

Got home from KY last Friday. The bugs are about to carry my garden off. Squash bugs all over my squash plants, some little iridescent green-back bug sucking the sap (and thus the life) out of my cucumbers, ants invading my okra...it’s the invasion of the insects! Oh, and the rabbits had eaten about 1/4 of my green beans.

I dispatched the rabbit with my Ruger Airhawk pellet gun yesterday morning before going to church and have a jar with a little gasoline in it and have started picking the bugs off my squash plants and have used some liquid Sevin on my cucumbers (its several weeks before they start bearing).

IT’S FARGIN WAR!!!

[ThatOwlWoman]

Oh crap, how disappointing. It's too late for this year, but next year maybe if you remove all leaf litter and mulch (if you use it) around the garden.... it should help. The eggs shelter under there over the winter then hatch out for a happy feast in the spring. Also encourage birds to hang out around your place. Got neighbors with chickens? Maybe they'd let them come over for a lunch date. lol

[iolo]

Got home from KY last Friday. The bugs are about to carry my garden off. Squash bugs all over my squash plants, some little iridescent green-back bug sucking the sap (and thus the life) out of my cucumbers, ants invading my okra...it’s the invasion of the insects! Oh, and the rabbits had eaten about 1/4 of my green beans.

I dispatched the rabbit with my Ruger Airhawk pellet gun yesterday morning before going to church and have a jar with a little gasoline in it and have started picking the bugs off my squash plants and have used some liquid Sevin on my cucumbers (its several weeks before they start bearing).

IT’S FARGIN WAR!!!

Special beetles with crosses on their backs destroyed all my asparagus a couple of years back, then some creatures started laying eggs in leeks and other onion-type crops, so we had to give them up as well. The worst thing, though, is that the old people in the flats in front of us keep feeding wood-pigeons in the summer, but don't fancy it in the winter, so the bloody things come and eat all my greens. I am thinking of buying a shotgun and visiting the old people's flats!

[leaningright]

Special beetles with crosses on their backs destroyed all my asparagus a couple of years back, then some creatures started laying eggs in leeks and other onion-type crops, so we had to give them up as well. The worst thing, though, is that the old people in the flats in front of us keep feeding wood-pigeons in the summer, but don't fancy it in the winter, so the bloody things come and eat all my greens. I am thinking of buying a shotgun and visiting the old people's flats!

Lol...I have a few shotguns. I’d let you borrow one. I feel your pain.

[kudzu]

Special beetles with crosses on their backs destroyed all my asparagus a couple of years back, then some creatures started laying eggs in leeks and other onion-type crops, so we had to give them up as well. The worst thing, though, is that the old people in the flats in front of us keep feeding wood-pigeons in the summer, but don't fancy it in the winter, so the bloody things come and eat all my greens. I am thinking of buying a shotgun and visiting the old people's flats!

I used to mix Palmolive Soap with water in one of those spray attachments for the garden hose.. Bugs seemed to hate it.. I used 7 dust, but I think the soap was more effective.

[iolo]

I used to mix Palmolive Soap with water in one of those spray attachments for the garden hose.. Bugs seemed to hate it.. I used 7 dust, but I think the soap was more effective.

I'll try that. Thanks.

[kudzu]

I'll try that. Thanks.

If you are bothered with deer, pee around your garden plants.. They will leave it alone.

[iolo]

If you are bothered with deer, pee around your garden plants.. They will leave it alone.

Not here, fortunately. A woman friend of my wife's is, but she has close and nosey neighbours eyeing her garden. Perhaps I should volunteer my services, but fear my presence might be mis-understood!

[MarySmith]

OMG Really ? Does it work ? or it`s a joke

[Phantasmal]

I used to mix Palmolive Soap with water in one of those spray attachments for the garden hose.. Bugs seemed to hate it.. I used 7 dust, but I think the soap was more effective.

I like Neem oil, I always try natural products first, thanks for the tip.

[kudzu]

I like Neem oil, I always try natural products first, thanks for the tip.

I have never heard of Neem oil.. I'll look for it.

Palmolive soap really works well on Aphids for your gardenias....

[Phantasmal]

I have never heard of Neem oil.. I'll look for it.

Palmolive soap really works well on Aphids for your gardenias....

Thanks

[domer76]

I like Neem oil, I always try natural products first, thanks for the tip.

The problem with Neem Oil is that it has no persistence. Gotta keep re-applying it.

[Phantasmal]

The problem with Neem Oil is that it has no persistence. Gotta keep re-applying it.

It’s safe and I don’t mind. I’m retired, gives me something to do.

[Mott the Hoople]

I used to mix Palmolive Soap with water in one of those spray attachments for the garden hose.. Bugs seemed to hate it.. I used 7 dust, but I think the soap was more effective.

Works even better with cayenne pepper and tobacco mixed in.