Every year they arrive in a feeding frenzy! This 2017 season the Japanese Beetles have decided that the pole beans are their caviar! Actually, I believe the mature linden trees bordering the RCS property are the first enticement, and the pole beans just happen to be in closest proximity. Before we even begin to harvest vegetables, we have been brushing these destructive bronze beauties into tubs of soapy water just to repeat the procedure at the end of our time together. Here’s what the University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist, Jeff Hahn, has to say about Japanese Beetles in your garden: http://blog-yard-garden-news.extension.umn.edu/2017/07/dealing-with-japanese-beetles.html
Our latest and greatest volunteers have battled the heat recently! We sure do thank you for your service! The garden is looking just great.
7/10/17 Adventure Club
Summer Squash comparisons!
Mulching peppers with shredded paper
Learning how to thin the carrot rows...and then eating the babies for a snack!
Identifying this new visitor as a Six-Spotted Green Tiger Beetle
Day of Service for Stillwater Area Schools Day of Service--7/11/17
We had 30 middle schoolers help us weed, water, harvest and help RCS staff install our cattle panel squash and cucumber climbing structures.
Summer Stretch Woodbury UMC and Woodbury Christ Lutheran churches 7/12/17
Spin Kids 7/17/17
Japanese Beetle Patrol!
Our Master Gardener extraordinaire, Sue, spraying cabbage worm frass from our plants.
