Japanese Beetle Help

The Japanese Beetle is here to stay says The U.S. Department of Agriculture and they are spreading.

But for those of you that have some precious rose bush's or garden vegetables that you want to protect from being eaten, there is a natural way to help keep them off.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup dried cayenne peppers
1/2 cup jalapeno peppers
1 gal. water

Bring the water to a boil and add the peppers. I would suggest that you have the fan going above the stove or the steam will bring you to tears.

Let the mixture boil for approx. 30 min. and then remove from the heat and let steep all night. Strain the mixture with cheese cloth and place it in your hand held sprayer and spritz anything that you want to protect.

Make sure that you cover completely and re-spray after a rain or watering. I would suggest washing if you get any on your skin. It won't really hurt you, but it's doggone uncomfortable. Read more!

Early June...Garden off to a good start

After the hard rains in May; the garden finally gets off to a good start. May was a very rough start for the mid-west as far as gardens are concerned. After the heavy rains, I had to replant my Green Beans and Corn twice. The rains washed out the seed and some just plain rotted right in the ground. This was my first year planting in my home state of Missouri, but overall...I'm very happy.

This has been a tremendous learning curve coming from the South Coast of Oregon. Many different bugs to contend with here. A lot more destructive insects, but thank the Good Lord for my bug prevention tonic. It has certainly been a blessing this year.Read more!