Japanese Beetles

by | Jul 31, 2018 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing

Japanese beetles, along with a lot of other other natural disasters, are making the garden a little less fun this year.  The beetles have only been in Wisconsin for about a dozen years, and they are loving it here.  Their populations seemed to diminish for a few years, but this is the worst infestation I’ve had. They’ve not bothered the sweet corn before, but this year they are destroying some silks. Most years I can keep up with them by just collecting them...

Anticipating the Main Harvest

by | Jul 24, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening

Here Come the TomatoesWith this year’s warm weather, we’ll be picking things from the garden a lot earlier than most years.  I’m often late getting things started, but I did a good job of getting the tomatoes, peppers, and cole crops into the ground before the end of May.  The early start coupled with the hot weather is giving us veggies in July that we normally don’t start harvesting until August.  All in all, it appears we will have a...

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