I expect I am going to have some problems this year with bugs and birds and IâÂÂm still resisting growing under cover. By next year, I may be thinking of it again. I donâÂÂt know how you all do it with the covers. IâÂÂve been reading about using tule or other fabric, but I have seen a couple of photos of very well covered rows, clipped onto plastic hoops and weighed down with bricks and it just seems like a lot of trouble. Then I imagine you might have to pollinate every single plant under cover by hand? IâÂÂve also read that sometimes the bugs still manage to get under the covers, aphids and others get under there somehow. Why is that? Is it when you have to get under there to pollinate? And does using row covers cut down on sunlight? I don't get a full day of sun as it is, so I wouldn't want to add to that problem. Bird netting is always suggested for strawberries, but you need a framework to put it on and that also has to be weighed down properly, IâÂÂd think? But maybe as with many things, it's just a trade off and it's one kind of effort against the effort of dealing with bugs and ending up successful with the covers vs losing crops without them? Those of you who have problems with aphids, donâÂÂt the aphids attract lady bugs that take care of that problem?

Nevermind...just found it... Katydid nymph...not sure what kind though... We don't have many katydids here...

I remember you complaining about it before. Try to think of it as an endearing quirk, that shows a little bit of insecurity (which we all have, and I think are entitled to, and entitled to a teeny bit of coddling for)

I ran into a problem after installing and using firefox for a few days. I was not able to open some videos. It would tell me I needed to update my Adobe Flash Player but when I'd try and do just that I'd get it started to install and it would tell me there was a conflict with Mozilla. So, I'd try using my IE to install the update the Adobe Flash Player and it would tell me that there was a conflict with IE. I came across a few more issues too so finally had to uninstall Firefox. I was very sorry to have to since it had eliminated the ads and popups on various sites I frequent. :( I did have to use IE for some of my stops but here or the news site I use, the adblocker plus was a real treat. Don't know what went wrong maybe someone would know. Also, I noticed yesterday evening, even after uninstalling firefox that the ads were still and not very many of them. Not so today, they are in full force like they were before I installed firefox. I'm so confused.