The Gardening Everyday » grasshopper http://thegardeningeveryday.com Gardening tips, ideas, and thoughts for the home gardener. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:14:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Grasshoppers Are Taking Over http://thegardeningeveryday.com/2008/08/02/grasshoppers-are-taking-over/ http://thegardeningeveryday.com/2008/08/02/grasshoppers-are-taking-over/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:36:52 +0000 tommy http://gardeningeveryday.wordpress.com/?p=82 We live in a rural area and are surrounded by fields of weeds, hay, and rocks.  In fact, our own property fits this description as well.  This makes for a wonderfully peaceful place to live and raise our two boys.  This beauty also comes at a price.  This year it is the grasshopper pressure.

We began to notice a few over the past several months.  Now when we walk near a patch of weeds or our garden, it’s like the entire area comes alive.  Our poor potato plants are literally skeletons of their former selves while the tubers are full grown and safe below ground. 

We planted bush beans late (June 30).  They were not as lucky as the grasshoppers totally annihilated them, stems and all.  They disappeared within three days!

Needless to say we are having a tough time with these pests.  Maybe next year will be better.

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