About 10 days ago I placed five Spectracide® Bag-A-Bug® Japanese Beetle Traps around our yard. They immediately began filling up with Japanese Beetles, which is the desired effect. The question is, are they effective in reducing Japanese Beetle populations on the plants that are infested, or do they merely attract Japanese Beetles from [...]
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Beetles of Wrath
We have Japanese Beetles, lots of them. They are general pests that eat the grape vines and get onto the clothes drying on the line.
Last year, I discussed Milky Spore bacterium (Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) popilliae), which kills the grubs in the ground. Unfortunately, it takes several years for Milky Spore to have a major effect [...]
Raised Vegetable Garden Beds
This has been a bigger project than expected. We have an area in our yard that is exposed to sun almost all day long. It is a great location for a garden, however, it is a little wet. Last year, the vegetable garden did not do too well because it went in [...]
Killing Weeds with Household Vinegar
I was reading about this last year and I looks very easy. This time of year, when everything is just turning green and the plants are starting to grow, spraying ordinary household vinegar (5-10% concentration) on weeds will kill them. If the plants are mature, regular household vinegar will not be strong enough [...]
Composting
Composting is a great way to build soil nutrients without the use of chemical fertilizers. It is also a great way to reduce the waste stream from your house to the local land fill. We compost almost all organic material except meat. Here are some of the things that end up in my compost pile:
Grass [...]
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