Squash bug takeover
Do you commend last class when I told you theadorable story about how I grow absolutely gorgeous Brussels sproutsonly to have them destroyed by squash bugs ? And remember how I say I would try it again next year and the following twelvemonth , and I was all sweet , confident , and hopeful about next outcome ?
Now I ’m in a full - blow war with squelch bugs in my garden . After the Brussels incident , I did what I knew to do to get free of those garden plague . First , I pretended like it was a job that would simply go aside on its own … funnily , this did not work , and those pestering critter get around .
Then I prove the soapy water bath for my plant , but I ’m almost positive the dirt ball laughed at me while I did this . Next , I spatter my garden with diatomaceous earth and firmly tell the punks they were not welcome here . There may have been some talk of howI compose a editorial forGarden Gate Magazineand how they would bankrupt my credibility as a enough gardener if they would n’t scram .
For a red-hot arcsecond , I think this worked . The commencement of the rise time of year came and went . My plants were thrive , vegetables were produce , and I was harvest develop like a foreman ma’am who had direct control of the post . But I got cocky , friends …
It was late July when I remark the first sign of worry . Several ashy white blot appeared on a zucchini industrial plant . But when I pawed around in the garden , I did n’t see any squash germ , so I essay my good to go on my merry path . That lasted about 24 hours until they were everywhere . Again , they took down my squash rackets , zucchini , and Brussels sprout in a subject of days .
" So now , we go to the mattresses!"(I’m not a huge fan of The Godfather , but my passionateness for this warrants this citation . )
Next summer , I be after to locate and squish every squash bug I find with my bare hands , which grosses me out , if I ’m good . ( Please do n’t think less of me because I am a nurseryman who does n’t want to squelch bugs with my fingers . ) If that does n’t work , I might just get the vacuum out because another nurseryman secern me that worked for her …
If all else fails , I ’ll have no choice but to skip a season or two of get squash vine and see if that does the joke . Wish me portion !
While Jamie ’s preferent pic is not " The Godfather , " her favorites are " You ’ve Got Mail , " " Dan in Real Life , " and anything starring Steve Martin .
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