While out walking this morning on a beautiful June the 14th, I observed my first Japanese beetle of the 2011 season on a miniature rose in my front yard in Forsyth Missouri.
While I’m sure this will only be the first of many sightings, it’s definitely time to get out the row covers and protect the plants you consider the most valuable. In my case, that would be the bean plants that are just now getting ready to bud out. I may also elect to cover my purple coneflower, but will wait a little to see just how attractive they will be to a bug that likes to eat most everything it sees.
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