Another Gardening Season begins in the mid east. For me it's mainly containers because of the yard predators, namely chipmunks, deer, and rabbits. So far no groundhogs. Last year we were faced with a new one that attacks everything including containers--the dreaded Stink Bug. They have backs of near steel that pesticides are no threat to. If you manage to hit them on their underneath side, you have a chance. They seem to multiply at a rate that makes rabbits look infertile. Their method of attack is to bore a hole through the vegetable or fruit and suck the inside out, leaving little white spots all over whatever you are trying to grow. I hope a vegetable or fruit hating critter develops a taste for them this year. My second choice would be a pesticide that can penetrate their backs--one that isn't a threat for human consumption. They seem to be attracted to heat and light. I'm thinking of trying one of those electric mosquito zappers.
Anyway, when the seed catalogs arrived this year, my usual excitement was a bit dampened by the prospects of another stink bug infestation. I decided to concentrate on flowers, because at least if you have to spray them with frightening quantities of non-eco friendly chemicals, you won't be consuming them.
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