Catch Up

WOW, I can't believe it's October already. The Summer went by way too quickly. In any case, I will try to get you caught up on whats been happening in the backyard. I cannot believe I haven't posted anything since July.

Around about August the backyard was hit again by the dreaded Japanese beetles.

I had a problem with them last year and worked hard on getting rid of them. I put down grub killer in the Spring with hopes of killing them before they came out of the ground but obviously that did not work.

If you don't know what a Japanese Beetle is click here for more information.

They damn near killed off my new trees

While I was at a friends house she turned me onto Bayer Advanced so I picked up a bottle of it and it did the trick, no more Japanese beetles!

I'm usually not a fan of using chemicals but drastic times call for drastic measures. There was a noticeable difference after the first application. Next year I'm hitting the entire yard with this stuff as soon as the plants start blooming. All you need to do is mix with water and pour it on the roots of your plants. The plant/tree absorbs the liquid bringing it up to the leaves, the beetle eats the leaves and as they say, that's all folks, no more beetles.