Earwigs have been devastating my vegetable garden this year. They’ve been running rampant in my garden and yard for a few years now, but this summer I finally had confirmation that earwigs were the culprit of some pretty darn-awful chewing damage on the leaves of nearly every purposefully grown plant (i.e. everything but the weeds) ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI have a population of earwigs eating its way through my garden and I didn’t even know it. Each morning I would walk out to my garden—about 50 yards from my door—and see that the leaves of my Swiss chard, beets and pepper plants had new dime-sized holes in them. Each subsequent day the holes ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThere’s nothing like watching the Angel of Death in the form of a hail storm approach your garden. That’s what happened to us the other evening. After a warm and lovely day, dark clouds rolled into the horizon. There was some lightning, lots of wind, torrential rain… and then the hail hit. After maybe 10 ...
Read More | Pest PatrolSlugs seems to be an issue in my new garden. Having just planted a 10 ft. x 15 ft. plot in an unfamiliar space, every day reveals something new—a new angle of the sun, a new branch blocking a corner of the veggie plot and, unfortunately, a new uninvited critter visiting the garden. The fresh ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSnails and slugs can do some serious damage to a crop just emerging from the ground. As you can probably guess, this is the harm I’ve most recently experienced in my own garden. I’ve written several times this season about my insect barrier. It’s been awesome at keeping flea beetles and leaf miners away from ...
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