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Beetles Invasion - How to Stop Japanese Beetles

May 12, 2008

The Beetle Invasion

Japanese Beetles are a common problem for many gardeners June through Labor Day. While you are hoping to enjoy your beautiful bounty of summer flowers, vegetables, grass and fruit trees so are the beetles. Japanese Beetles are brilliantly colored, oval, and less than half an inch long. Wing colors are coppery with fine lines that run the length of its wing cases, and the body is a beautiful metallic green. Adults feed on flowers and leaf tissue during the day. Read more

Growing Tomatoes

May 11, 2008

No homegrown vegetable tastes more delicious or is grown by more gardeners in the US than the tomato. Although technically a fruit, Lycopersicon spp, is an essential part of the summer vegetable garden. Read more

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