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Tag Archives: Japanese beetle
Ups and Downs in the Garden
It’s always something in the garden. I lost one of the zucchini plants this week. The whole top half of the plant suddenly died off. Some folks will be thinking “squash vine borer” but the dreaded SVB is rarely a … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, hosta, interplanting, Japanese beetle, pests, pigweed flea beetle, summer squash, zucchini
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