tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post4965792046546420483..comments2023-08-17T09:45:31.344-04:00Comments on garden now - think later! : Slow Growth and Bug GutsErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-26971600562956442622015-05-22T09:40:07.200-04:002015-05-22T09:40:07.200-04:00No, we have June Bugs especially up North. Tons i...No, we have June Bugs especially up North. Tons in Minnesota, not as many down south. Those are way bigger and fly LOL but not very well, they look kind of stupid when they do :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-74371239539116562222015-05-20T05:43:56.339-04:002015-05-20T05:43:56.339-04:00I was just thinking how your potato beetle looks l...I was just thinking how your potato beetle looks like what we call a June bug or beetle. Do they kind of hiss when you pick them up? The June bugs we have make a kind of squeak/hiss sound when you bother them and they are pretty big. they have the same stripes on them like your potato beetles do. I could not squish one of our June beetles cause they are too big plus they make that hissing sound that kind of creeps me out.Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-14130278553363946612015-05-19T11:52:20.213-04:002015-05-19T11:52:20.213-04:00I honestly have tried with those hornworms but I j...I honestly have tried with those hornworms but I just…. can't! It's that element of surprise I can't take at all… you never see them until they are RIGHT. THERE. yuck!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-91731963766581809372015-05-19T10:21:10.406-04:002015-05-19T10:21:10.406-04:00Your garden plot neighbor may be squeamish now, bu...Your garden plot neighbor may be squeamish now, but just wait until the buggers attack her plants! The gloves will come off! I am with you and Sue on Hornworms. The grossest bug imaginable. Your bread almost made me cry, it is so beautiful! And good for you on the curry - chicken tikka masala is one of my favorite things to eat.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-55337783119192823642015-05-19T07:11:20.969-04:002015-05-19T07:11:20.969-04:00Oh Sue - you got me on the Hornworms… I definitely...Oh Sue - you got me on the Hornworms… I definitely don't do those monsters! Gross, gross, double gross! I fling them with a stick on the ground in the open and see if the birds take them :) I think the finger pinching came about one day when I had no bucket, and I tried to smash them with a piece of mulch and it just pushed them right back into the soil intact and I couldn't find them again. Now I KNOW they are dead!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-75216718524390607542015-05-19T07:08:50.926-04:002015-05-19T07:08:50.926-04:00Sparkless that would work if I only had a few but ...Sparkless that would work if I only had a few but they are everywhere! No time for spades haha<br />Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-91422964028324972542015-05-19T07:04:05.234-04:002015-05-19T07:04:05.234-04:00Carolyn HA! EXACTLY! Carolyn HA! EXACTLY! Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-46206024316686787512015-05-19T05:25:15.546-04:002015-05-19T05:25:15.546-04:00Ok-put me in the wimp category. I carry a mini-pai...Ok-put me in the wimp category. I carry a mini-pail filled with soapy water and just put them in there to die a slow, gruesome, agonizing death. I'm not a squisher. I'll pick up anything, but that's as far as I go.<br />I hope you didn't lose ALL respect for me on that. Some of those tomato hornworms are HUGE by the time I find them.. I just couldn't.............................<br />As for bean seedlings---yea. I've wondered about those AND the CORN SEEDLINGS??????? <br />I think I've seen everything now!<br />Have a great week, Erin<br />Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-77580964848343078562015-05-19T00:18:51.804-04:002015-05-19T00:18:51.804-04:00Ewwwww! I'm all for killing pests in your gar...Ewwwww! I'm all for killing pests in your garden but squishing them in your bare hands is um...a bit too much for me. I'd much rather cut them in half with my hand spade and grind their bodies into the soil hoping it makes good mulch.<br />That bread looks fabulous! I'll be right over for a warm piece with some butter.Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-62612671753690502442015-05-18T23:51:57.776-04:002015-05-18T23:51:57.776-04:00I admit, after years of trying to hand pick bugs o...I admit, after years of trying to hand pick bugs off with gloves ON, I gave up and have since realized what a thrill it is to feel crunch of the bugs' exoskeleton and the subsequent ooze of their lifeforce leaving their vegetable destroying bodies between my bare fingertips. And I LOVE the sound / feel of crunching squash bug eggs between my fingernails. I triumphantly say "die you bastards, DIE!" after each and every egg I have obliterated from the garden.<br />Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.com