Garden Update -- Japanese Beetles and more

[Jack Downs]

Gardeners,

This wet, warm summer is accelerating growth in the gardens. Expect to make regular, even daily, visits to keep up with harvesting, weeding and now Japanese beetles.

These small, copper-colored beetles love to chew on bean and rhubarb foliage, but will sometimes attack other leaves also.  Physical removal -- brushing them into a container of soapy water, for example -- is the only way to get rid of them.

On a different topic, please save the date Saturday, July 22, for a garden work day.

See you at the garden,

Jack