tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post8900418225728841473..comments2023-10-03T03:41:40.031-05:00Comments on My New 30: Raised Bed Vegetable Garden - Update on Pest ControlMary | Deep South Dishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-80458784304105731072015-01-25T02:48:02.157-06:002015-01-25T02:48:02.157-06:00We live in the tropics, and yes, the rules are dif...We live in the tropics, and yes, the rules are different. Have fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913660485239376588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-15751607368451047592009-06-12T19:15:46.660-05:002009-06-12T19:15:46.660-05:00Hi Vicki! Glad to help - if you have any questions...Hi Vicki! Glad to help - if you have any questions, just give me a holler!! Me, I always get to learn things the hard way LOL, so I might have encountered whatever it is!Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-54168937730567203492009-06-12T13:37:32.918-05:002009-06-12T13:37:32.918-05:00This is the perfect site for me! I planted my see...This is the perfect site for me! I planted my seedlings in my new mother's day gift (4x10 raised bed built by my husband and 11 yr old son) on Mother's day. This is my first vegetable garden and I am seeing some bug damage and just didnt' know quite what to do about. Your pictures and descriptions are perfect and I am going after those bugs tomorrow. Thank you!<br /><br />VickiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-48856690953841686732009-06-12T12:48:18.889-05:002009-06-12T12:48:18.889-05:00Hi Glenda! Welcome and thanks so much for stopping...Hi Glenda! Welcome and thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!! Thanks for the tips too!<br /><br />I feel your pain for sure. It's such a struggle in the south to have a home veggie garden. I envy people who live in areas where it's smooth sailing, but down here it's a constant watch!<br /><br />I think I have every bug in existence in my yard, but I'm in a subdivision suburban neighborhood, so thankfully no deer. I have squirrels as usual and 2 raccoons this year - a mama and her baby I'm pretty sure - but hoping to keep them off of my gardens by feeding them and giving them fresh water in the back corner of my yard everyday. My veggie gardens are right up against he house and back door. So far so good {crossing fingers & praying}! <br /><br />Good luck! Come back and let me know how your garden turns out.Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-40606505634686648412009-06-12T10:27:50.247-05:002009-06-12T10:27:50.247-05:00I live in the humid South, also, and organic just ...I live in the humid South, also, and organic just doesn't get it with the bugs.Thank you for posting what has worked for you. <br /><br />I got a late start in planting so my plants are just starting to blossom.<br /><br />My tomatoes were looking beautiful until the deer ate the tops off of them. It was all I could do not to cry. I called the county extension office and he said that if there was still foliage on the plant that the suckers would grow and become the new tops. He also recommended a product called Deer Out,which he uses. I ordered the concentrated from their website www.deerout.com(not deer off) You have to spray every 4 days because of the growth. <br /><br />Love your blog:)Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004878979807785074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-77100135702705261682009-05-10T08:20:00.000-05:002009-05-10T08:20:00.000-05:00Hi Michelle and Welcome!
I can certainly sympathi...Hi Michelle and Welcome!<br /><br />I can certainly sympathize as you have read. I tried going all natural for several years and the bugs just took over. It's so frustrating!! I see bugs this year that I never noticed before in my garden - like aphids! But darned if my plants weren't infested with the stupid things! I have a little summary with links to everything in the lower left hand sidebar.<br /><br />Try to get your yard under control - that should help a lot. A yard full of weeds is a haven for bad bugs!! Get rid of the bugs - but be cautious about using pesticides when you have children and/or pets in the yard. Follow the label and check the precautions. After you treat for bugs, then put down a good weed & feed product and after that start feedin' your lawn regularly to get it healthy. <br /><br />If you don't treat your lawn and get that under control the pest population will just continue to expand - trust me on this one! <br /><br />Best of luck!!Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-35657301028916304712009-05-09T22:16:00.000-05:002009-05-09T22:16:00.000-05:00I don't even know how I stumbled upon your blog, b...I don't even know how I stumbled upon your blog, but it's great. I live in GA and just started my first veggie garden. My original plan was to do it organic, but as soon as I planted my veggies, bugs that I have never seen in my life came around! (my yard is also full of weeds, which I did not know means more bugs) The organic stuff I bought (some oil) does not seem to keep them away, so I am so happy I read this so I can just go ahead and get the real stuff, and be done with the bugs!Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-46768954695719793332009-04-26T18:46:00.000-05:002009-04-26T18:46:00.000-05:00I hear ya!! Organic is great but I really think yo...I hear ya!! Organic is great but I really think you need to have a HUGE garden to pull it off and end up with anything.Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-62426046814438155792009-04-26T16:42:00.000-05:002009-04-26T16:42:00.000-05:00I live in Wisconsin and our summers are far too sh...I live in Wisconsin and our summers are far too short to be messing around with bugs. Last year, those damn trifecta curcubit pests (striped cucumber beetles, vine borers and those disgusting squash bugs that create more offspring than clowns coming out of a clown car) infested my whole squash crop! No offense, but Im not going to be pluckin those disgusting things off my crops. I got out the big guns. I sprayed everything with SEVIN. I bought the liquid gallon size and used the ortho dial attachment to my garden hose and sprayed the living crap out of my garden. Let me tell you, I saved my garden! Go ahead and when you have to use the insecticide! We would all love to be organice, but when push comes to shove, a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do!Cornell-gardening in WInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-30842836652523111712009-04-25T05:46:00.000-05:002009-04-25T05:46:00.000-05:00Thanks again everybody for your support! Thing is...Thanks again everybody for your support! Thing is, I appreciate input, it's just that I have TRIED organic the last near about 4 years. That is what this person did not know! All I have gotten is an increase in the bug population and crappy harvests. Maybe if I can get the bugs back under control then I can get back to being a bit more 'natural.'Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-52100375085226839112009-04-24T19:33:00.000-05:002009-04-24T19:33:00.000-05:00People never cease to amaze me. What's right for t...People never cease to amaze me. What's right for them just *has* to be right for you. Ha!<br /><br />If it ever stops snowing and freezing in these parts and we get our garden growing you can bet we'll be spraying for bugs!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505134228454833619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-5356417704771229512009-04-24T01:00:00.000-05:002009-04-24T01:00:00.000-05:00Now dearie, what you SHOULD do in your garden...
...Now dearie, what you SHOULD do in your garden...<br /><br />LOL...just teasing!!!<br /><br />I have terrible battles with the squash bugs. I catapult them over the fence but they come back again. Sadly, I can't use pesticides because I have demented animals that eat up dirt, grass, green pumpkins, etc.Olde Dame Penniwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871888334179316997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-63198966267014537792009-04-23T23:26:00.000-05:002009-04-23T23:26:00.000-05:00You did the right thing, delete the comment, your ...You did the right thing, delete the comment, your blog is wonderful, your readers adore you, you dont need her negativity.. Mom must not have told them if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all..Donna-FFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380224050534765193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-33673398694727220052009-04-23T22:01:00.000-05:002009-04-23T22:01:00.000-05:00Thanks ladies! I can see that I am in some very e...Thanks ladies! I can see that I am in some very excellent company. Appreciate the input - I feel better now!!Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-42340144320164791272009-04-23T20:55:00.000-05:002009-04-23T20:55:00.000-05:00We gotta do what we gotta do! Last year here in Mo...We gotta do what we gotta do! Last year here in Mo., we had so much rain, which brought sooo many bugs and mega mildew problems, that my garden was pretty much a failure.And, yes I resort to the same things you do.Lyndas recipe boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14930950533579981454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-70902943791952861312009-04-23T19:52:00.000-05:002009-04-23T19:52:00.000-05:00I've had similar experiences with my garden...when...I've had similar experiences with my garden...when I had a sunny spot for one. Baby everything, keep it watered and just as I'm about to reap the benefits of all my work...some cut worm comes along and the rest is history. Enjoyed this post! SusanSusan (Between Naps On The Porch.net)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09655622740971576915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-1473931394318069792009-04-23T17:59:00.000-05:002009-04-23T17:59:00.000-05:00I can't even imagine the problems you have in the ...I can't even imagine the problems you have in the south with bugs, it's bad enough in Pa.!! Do whatcha gotta do girl, it's your garden!Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311071575728126903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-6992953974903144552009-04-23T15:48:00.000-05:002009-04-23T15:48:00.000-05:00LOL y'all are a HOOT! Thanks for the validation t...LOL y'all are a HOOT! Thanks for the validation too - I sure needed it. ;) I was beginnin' to feel a little bad for my rant, but I'm gettin' rid of these suckers this year I tell ya!!Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-31491981719066068222009-04-23T15:23:00.000-05:002009-04-23T15:23:00.000-05:00I would never EVER think to insult someone like th...I would never EVER think to insult someone like that! darn it. I mean, seriously, we're all just having fun here. and it's so interesting seeing what people do, eat, cook, grow, make and think. <br /><br />It just dawned on me.... a great thing about living in Nevada (besides the fact that I love it) is we don't get bugs. Hooray.<br />But if we did, I'd sure as heck use what I needed!! <br />No bugs, but no water either.... we all have different burdens in our gardens. LOL<br />(I actually have water, but we are so dry, that I can water in the morning, in the evening it looks like a desert again..DUST)<br /><br />And let me tell you, we do "poisen" our ants and spiders!!<br /><br />And....a weird confession... I think it's cool to see a "crop duster" plane do his thing!!<br />Probably not organic. But way cool!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-90150950375942824022009-04-23T14:49:00.000-05:002009-04-23T14:49:00.000-05:00Hey Mary, we live in a world where people cry out ...Hey Mary, we live in a world where people cry out what they hear WITHOUT considering ANY of the facts... GO Green, organic, or whatever! And, they don't give a hoot who is hurt, insulted, or if they look like a plain fool!<br /><br />Your rant was very uplifting to me, I'm not alone ROFLMAO<br /><br />Get rid of them bugs and just wash your veges before ya eat um ;)redkathyhttp://theessenceofwomanhood.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-62191060049888787872009-04-23T14:41:00.000-05:002009-04-23T14:41:00.000-05:00Honey, just do what ya gotta do! And enjoy the pro...Honey, just do what ya gotta do! And enjoy the process. We live in the tropics, and yes, the rules are different. Have fun.Jan from BetterSpineshttp://betterspines.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-14489142373282378202009-04-23T14:31:00.000-05:002009-04-23T14:31:00.000-05:00Ya Know.....I have to say that I am right beside y...Ya Know.....I have to say that I am right beside you in the opinion that if you have nothing thoughtful or helpful to add.....shut up!!! <br />GREEN doesn't work in my area either....and I love fertilizer! I have deleted many a comment due to ignorant and self serving readers that leave something that will either offend myself....or one of my valued readers!<br />I use many of your chosen chemicals....and have seen a LOT of bugs in my day too....Good luck friend...and if you need a hand at having some back up in the chemical department.....you know where I am! lolTootsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313167135644565141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-14045640471034005942009-04-23T13:36:00.000-05:002009-04-23T13:36:00.000-05:00Yay Shaylynn! I know you're ready to get some stuf...Yay Shaylynn! I know you're ready to get some stuff in that dirt!<br /><br />LOL Tammy, love that!!<br /><br />That was a mild hissy fit I admit, but I have 'em every once in awhile. Like I said, that might not have been their intention, but it sure came off that way.Mary | Deep South Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030573009618096220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-14263086954051620082009-04-23T12:45:00.000-05:002009-04-23T12:45:00.000-05:00I'm sorry, but I'm chuckling away at your little S...I'm sorry, but I'm chuckling away at your little Southern Hissy Fit...LOL-LOL-LOL!<br /><br />Spammers are right next door to bugs...extermination is the only thing good for 'em!☺Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577954446038205157.post-7041070474068841182009-04-23T12:27:00.000-05:002009-04-23T12:27:00.000-05:00You go girl!! All frost warnings are finally gone...You go girl!! All frost warnings are finally gone for my part of the country so I'll be getting my stuff planted tomorrow. Good luck with the bugs.Oxford Impressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852107142501082930noreply@blogger.com