I saw the first Japanese Beetle of the season, today, on a tiny stand of weeds in the backyard. I knew they’d be coming, and was hoping they wouldn’t show up early, as some things have done, due to the very mild winter we had 2005\/2006. Maybe they are a tad early, since I know they usually show up in mass at the same time, first notice usually, sometime in June, but not quite this early, unless past memories are just too foggy to recollect an exact-ish time of arrival.<\/p>\n
I do not like JB’s, they make my nice things so very holy, um, hol-ey — you know, full of holes. Anyways, I didn’t do anything to that beetle, I let it live. It was very new looking, small-ish. I usually will get a jar with an inch or two of engine use oil in the bottem, and flick the beatles into that. I must get one of those jars going for this year, and maybe more than that, let the children take care of early morning beetle duty for awhile. They love doing it, as I sort of do too, and did when young in PA, but it does get gross at times, they get so thick on plants … ugh.<\/p>\n
On a nice note, DH is right now getting my dark layers to bring back. Yay! I’m happy about it, I have missed them. It’s just 7, and that’s what we’ll stick with while on this property. If we can get a piece of land, I’ll get more, fast. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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