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Comments (10)Well every one of the 9 holes I have dug through the compost to get to the dirt underneath to plant my Zucchini has yielded about eight grubs that I have squashed, so that's around 72 that met their maker so far. That's right, these green fruit beetles are smart and only eat the best fruit that is just starting to ripen. I have no spoiled fruit other than what the beetles ruined. They are excellent flyers and come in at an altitude of anywhere from six to thirty feet looking for fruit. They generally circle the tree twice and then land on what looks like the best ripened fruit. If there is an orgy going on as many beetles as can fit on the fruit will congregate on it. That's the best time to kill them with soapy water. They are too busy eating and having sex to see you sneak up on them. Hold the bucket full of soapy water under the fruit and knock the whole fruit, beetles and all, into the soapy water and they will drown in a few minutes. If you don't use soap or detergent in the water they will live for a long time and even escape. When the bucket get too full dump it on the ground and the birds or something will eat the dead beetles, as they aren't there the next day. To improve you tennis game you can have fun swatting them as they fly in for the feast in mid-air. It makes the most pleasing splat sound as you send them flying over the back fence....See MoreLife after fungus-who knew?
Comments (4)I have seen a lot of different plants get a foliage disease and then come back with new foliage. This year the most obvious one are my gourds. They were the first plants in the garden to get powdery mildew. Killed probably 3/4ths of the foliage. Now they are growing well again even though some of the dead foliage is still hanging onto the plant (I would remove it, but first frost is likely only a week or two away at this point). The thing about it is that in short season areas with long season plants, it's often enough of a set back that it really doesn't much matter that the plant is able to survive. Yield is set back enough to consider the plants dead for all practical (harvest) purposes. Generally my method of dealing with foliage diseases is to remove all leaves showing symptoms and then on a one time basis use a fungicide on any leaves/stems remaining. I used to think it insane to remove all affected foliage when 75+% of it was infected, but all this does is reveals if the plant can survive or not as quickly as possible. If it can survive the removal of all infected foliage *speeds up* the regrowth process such that some yield is still possible in many cases....See MoreLoss of Mom Dad and Brother I never knew
Comments (3)My DD is adopted. We got her when she was 6 weeks old. Her daddy died when she was 15 & couple of years later she wanted to know if I thought it was a good idea to find her birth mom. I thought it was great idea. Get medical history, maybe she was longing to see her etc. She went to couple of meetings of people looking for birth parents & I had told her doesn't always turn out well. Ended up mixed bag. Birth mom was shocked & not happy her secret was out,2 older siblings were glad, cousin was thrilled & very helpful. DD told birth mom dying (couple of yrs ago), she made it to the funeral. It was worth it tho she would have liked to talk to her in person. You will always wonder if you don't contact them & if you do you might have a nice extended family. Years ago it was very shameful to have child out of wedlock, if girl was young her parents stepped in & stopped them from marrying etc.I think they will be happy to find out that you are related by blood. Even if you never meet them you can email or write & would be good idea to find out if cancer runs in family & what kind it was as you might want to be getting checked more often if colon or another type that often runs in families. My parents are 89 & 95 & I know it will be hard to lose them but I see them everyday & help with their care.Glad you had your parents for a long time too. Questions will eat away at you & I think you will at least get some info. Wondering why you never saw your brother if grandparents adopted him, did you move far away & never had contact with grandparents again. Sounds like GP's did make mom give him up. How old was she when he was born, 21, I think if I did the math right? Any indication of who father was & what happened to him? Was she in college? Sometimes parents just didn't think guy was proper for their daughter. I think your mom may not have had much to do with it & therefore was estranged from her parents which would be very hard to deal with. Glad she got a good man in your dad! Good Luck!...See MoreHonestly, if I knew I would not have done it.
Comments (3)Sorry you are having such a ruff time:( I always thought the "You knew what you were getting into" statement was an unfair one since you never really know what you are getting into untill you have lived in it for awhile. I never imagined we would wind up with the twins. I didn't imagine we would have a baby either since I had been told I had a really slim chance of getting pregnant. We went from thinking it would be just us to having three children living with us! HAHAHAHA. WA-POW! Everything changed with one phone call from the unstable Ex wife and one positive test strip. I knew he had a nutty Ex. It become apparent pretty quickly when we started dating seriously. Being the great guy he is he had also warned me up front. Not just about the ex but about his rather ruff past as well. I still decided he was worth it. Three years later I am still glad we got hitched. We have all adjusted and are doing good. We have up's and down's whenever BM is in and out but we (J the kids and I) are all doing fantastic together. We have squabbles and issues arise but we come out of them together. I am lucky the kids have been so loving and excepting. Maybe it's because their mother isn't really in the picture. Maybe it's because they were so young when the divorce and re marriage took place. I'm so lucky to be as close with them as we are. We are like a family. Not a STEP family but a family. BM is the only blip on the radar. I agree with you 100% that you should think long and hard about deciding to engage in a step situation. It can be really hard and thankless for some. There is also always that possibility you'll get that life altering call from BM saying she's dropping off the kids. It all has to be considered. Theres still really no way of knowing untill you get there though. It's always a bit of a gamble. Best of luck....See More
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