Archive for 'Japanese beetles'
Posted: August 31st, 2003 by
Lisa
We spent all of today working on getting that downed tree out of the driveway, and it hasn’t been a good day for equipment, making it all more difficult. Frank’s Stihl chainsaw was broken yesterday by having the tree fall on it, and he bought a spare at Home Depot last night, but he really
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Posted under Chainsaw, Chipper, Design Ideas, Firewood, Japanese beetles, Lawn tractor, Lily beetles, Tractor, Truck, Window Boxes, Wine, gazebo.
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Posted: August 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
I am so sick of bugs! We are really being attacked this year by both the dreaded red lily beetle and the awful green Japanese beetle. I often go out in the evening to collect them off of the plants, but it’s a losing battle. I’m ruthless, though, and when I spot them I either
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Posted under Asters, Bearded, Bugs, Iris, Japanese beetles, Lacy Snowflake, Lily, Lily beetles, Milkweed, Mountain Ash, Planting, Princess, Roses, Wisteria.
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Posted: July 28th, 2003 by
Lisa
We were out sitting in the gazebo after work last night, enjoying a glass of wine, ready to veg the night away. We were both talking about how low on energy we were. In particular, I was griping about being sore because of how hard we’d worked all weekend. We were looking out at the
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Posted under Bindweed, Chainsaw, Clearing, Compost, Coneflowers, Delphinium, Japanese beetles, Weeding.
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Posted: July 26th, 2003 by
Frank
Lisa’s home, and we got a good Saturday afternoon in the garden. She deadheaded the lambs ear to the annoyance of the local bumble bees who were still chowing down. Needless to say, there were a bunch of other flower stalks ready to go, including our two poppy blossoms. She’s planning to try to start
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Posted under Bumble Bees, Clearing, Deadheading, Japanese beetles.
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Posted: July 19th, 2003 by
Lisa
Our second day with the sawmill was as fun as the first. I’m assuming we won’t always be so thrilled, but for now, I’m still documenting our progress madly. One of the things I found really interesting is that in 1995, when we were clearing for the main garden, we cut down a huge oak
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Posted under Chipper, Clearing, Crazy Daisy, Japanese beetles, Mountain Ash, Roses, Sawmill, Tractor, Truck.
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Posted: July 14th, 2003 by
Lisa
Because we spent the majority of the weekend doing stuff out in the new garden, not much got done in the flower gardens at all. So we went out after work today, really just to do a walk-through because we thought the bugs would be awful, and ended up staying outside for a couple of
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Posted under Blackflies, Deadheading, Deer flies, Hens & Chicks, Japanese beetles, Mosquito Magnet, Mosquitos, Princess, Vetch, Weeding, Yoda.
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Posted: August 26th, 2002 by
Lisa
It did indeed rain the entire time we had people over yesterday, so no one got to enjoy much of my garden. The gazebo was popular though, especially for the smokers. And the fragrance of all the blooms could still be detected even during the height of the rain storm. All that pounding water might
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Posted under Buddlea, Butterflies, Gladiola, Japanese beetles, Roses, Tropicana.
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Posted: August 7th, 2002 by
Lisa
Pretty, pretty roses all in bloom in the garden right now. The climbing white rose, Iceberg, that we got from Arena this year, is doing particularly well on the trellis underneath the gazebo. I just love this rose, so classic looking. The weather has been wonderful today, mid-70s, blue skies. The mosquito magnet is working
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Posted under Bees, Clematis, Firewood, Gladiola, Iceberg, Japanese beetles, Jeremy, Lamb's Ear, Lily, Medallion, Mosquito Magnet, Snakes, Star Gazer, Stinging Nettles, Tiger, Tropicana, Weeding, Weeds, Worms.
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