Just LET IT DIE 

It's scary. 🫣🙂

Most people understand nothing about gardening.

Plant thinning is harder for me.

Me too w/the wasps! 🤣

I actually converted my mother in law about them this year. So much so, she's concerned about disturbing the nest they've started on her porch where she sits every morning haha! I've told her I'm of the mind of having zero problem hanging out with them in the garden, but they don't get to live on my house. There's 2.5 acres of gorgeous desert ground out there they can use to their leisure...not my house, friends.

I love wasps. They don’t bother if you don’t bother them.

@@shotgunbettygaming- yah. They can find a tree. Doesn’t need to be the house.

No thanks. Every year in the middle of June, like clockwork, Paper wasps come out. Bald faced hornets too. In August, the yellowjackets come and they are all over the grass. It's ridiculous. My dog was stung last year. Not welcome in my garden.

Thank you. Ave Maria, gratia plena!

Me too! ❤

Do the barn cats just live outside? How much care do they require?

@@user-gh8sl7iu3y there is a nursery/ green house/ barn that has an electric heated mat in it, they're fed twice a day, and there is someone out there with them in the garden/ greenhouse for at least 3 hours a day everyday, so it's basically the equivalent of an inside/ outside cat, they're very well cared for, and very happy.

@@user-gh8sl7iu3y our barn cats live outside. They require as much care as any cat.

We can’t have cats, but a neighbor two houses ove had two, and they are welcome here any time. No big problem with any rodents!

@@user-gh8sl7iu3ythey are living beings. They need food and water and shelter and love.

Yes, we get bad years too.

@@davidthegood I’ve never had a pickle worm problem, ever lol! Usually the leaf footed bugs and other stink bugs are bad by now and have a few bores every year but lost an entire planting to them this year. Second planting is doing ok but production is slow due to heat. Heat index was 110 here today so we’re all moving a little slower!🤣

I have the same issue here in VA. I just keep planting new squash plants , it only takes couple weeks they grow fast and I get at least 5 or way more squash per plant and then just replant them when the stink bugs or the vine bore get th. That way we are both happy and I don't have to spend every day squashing bugs

@@coolbreeze8572 yeah, That’s pretty much what I do. They were just so bad this year I figured they needed some population control or they may be even worse next year. I don’t typically get overly concerned but this year was close to biblical proportions here! And I’ve never seen white flies/pickle worm moths this bad ever! There are millions if not billions on my 5 acre property!

I wish creators could choose the ads displayed.

Wow

Yes it seems every time I watch a video like this, some type of ad like this comes up. They must troll videos. Trying to counter what the video content is teaching.

😮

One day you will be the squirrel.

Hehe 😂

I am Luna Longshadow7510’s elderly neighbor, I thought I was being kind attempting a much needed and reciprocated human interaction.. and now I find out she wants me dead, yikes, rude.

Sits back, eats popcorn 🍿

Plot twist - everyone commenting in this thread is the same person with different accounts.

Entertained either way. Or schizophrenic. You decide.

He pays wages in plants i heard. 😂

Heh. I do my own editing. Thank you very much.

Gratia plena, Dominus tecum!

@@davidthegood benedictus tu in mulierirbus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. (from Japan.) Will look into joining your community. Thank you.

All good advice!

I took a picture the other day of a wheel bug eating a Japanese beetle in my garden. It was pretty neat.

Geraniums have a toxin that is supposed to paralyze the Japanese beetles, letting the birds eat them or for you to scoop them up

I'm using the traps from Catchmaster for the first time this year. I was tired of them destroying my fruit trees. Those traps work!

Welcome, Colleen!

#noregrets

I captured a praying mantis or a really big grasshopper from my garden. I thought it was a bad thing. Newbie mistake I suppose.

Spray water with a tiny bit of dish soap in it. 👍

Planting cilantro and dill and letting them bolt really helped my aphid problem by inviting in ladybugs and lacewigs. It made it so that I wasn't dealing with the aphids this year, predators did it for me.

I had cilantro that volunteered throughout the garden this year and I let it bolt. I have a lot more ladybugs this year. No aphids. I did get rid of my garden ants though. I saw them milking the aphids last year so I used those little ant traps and they’re gone now. Might want to check to see if the ants are herding the aphids. The ants will protect the aphids from pests.

I have noticed in my garden, that the only red cabbages that got aphids this year, are those that l accidentally missed fertilizing with the composted chicken manure. Strong plants are better able to withstand pest attacks! Trying to redeem my error....🐔🌱🌱🌱

Good idea

Yes, they can be a huge problem. Our approach is similar. Plant a wide range of things, save seeds from the best, let weak plants die.

Thank you

It's the reasonable thing to do.

D. polystachya would make it!

The only good thing about Lubbers is how dumb they are. The most extreme solution would be to only garden in the winter when they are underground as eggs. Other than that spinosad soap works against the young nymphs and there are some bait traps for adults. You can also ho after them by hand a few days to thin them out in your area as they don:t range very much. The only other suggestion I can give you is convert your garden to raised beds with smooth metal siding that they cannot easily climb. Lubbers cannot fly or jump well but they can climb. Raised beds can also deter snails, but the moat voracious eater od them would be chickens. Chickens may also go after young lubbers before they have had a chance to eat as much of the stuff that makes them smell so bad as adults. For squirrels, their main predator (near where people live) would be birds of prey. You can cut back the connections of tree branches touching each other, squirrels will be more exposed moving around on the ground and thus they will be hesitant to range as much. Those fake owl statues and owl noise makers might also deter them, but attracting some actual owls (or other birds of prey) with nest boxes big enough for them and some bird baths nearby would be best.

@@slimjim2584 the lubbers in my yard learn fast. At first, you can whack them fairly easily. After I get a few dozen, the others start running/hopping as fast as they can or climbing the side of my house as fast as they can to get away from me before I even start swatting! I do have raised beds but the snails find their way in. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m still trying.

Rat snakes on occasion, but not much else.

Yes, I agree

I think you’re right!

Yes