tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post7342862650766555908..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: Saturday ShudderMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-64671104349934775312012-07-12T15:38:04.832-05:002012-07-12T15:38:04.832-05:00I love, love regular earthworms and find myself di...I love, love regular earthworms and find myself discussing all kinds of things with them in there garden LOL, but I'm with you on those others. Cutworms, Armyworms, Bagworms, blech!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-69858904063359297932012-07-10T11:56:25.940-05:002012-07-10T11:56:25.940-05:00"M" - Oh, "M", you seem to be ..."M" - Oh, "M", you seem to be having it much worse than we are! The thing is I'm hearing we're to expect the damaging insects to be even WORSE next year. What are we going to do??Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-69414805911141916162012-07-10T11:54:51.379-05:002012-07-10T11:54:51.379-05:00Jen - Okay, your description of the earthworm comi...Jen - Okay, your description of the earthworm coming up and up and up . . . was way TMI for me!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-7587706506592818432012-07-09T19:24:28.167-05:002012-07-09T19:24:28.167-05:00We've been wiped out twice this year by the va...We've been wiped out twice this year by the varigated cutworms. I had to buy plant starts to replace my own starts. In late spring I set some trays of seedlings out on the porch to harden them off. In a matter of just a few hours, my herbs were skeletonized. A few days later, my beautiful pepper plants were defoliated except the top leaves. It looked like I had little potted palm trees. If that were not enough, I went into the greenhouse to harvest my spinach and lettuce. It was fine the night before; the next morning it was ALL GONE! I could not believe it!! We have a neighbor who showed me how the worms have eaten the green tops of his onions and now they are hollowing out the bulbs. This certainly is an infestation, a plague. I've picked hundreds of the awful and ugly devils inside the greenhouse. And every time I tell my hubby about how many cutworms I got, he says, "I hope we're not having a stir fry tonight!" LOL-"M"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-37755675498681579412012-07-09T07:53:50.844-05:002012-07-09T07:53:50.844-05:00I thought of you yesterday, Mama Pea, when I was d...I thought of you yesterday, Mama Pea, when I was digging in my flower bed and saw an earthworm come up...and up and up and up! It must have been close to 6 inches long in all - um... I know they are good for the dirt but I prefer it if they stay out of my way! (though I suppose it could be argued I was in ITS way!)Jenyfer Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769550148821002722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-3688464604057809352012-07-08T17:00:48.926-05:002012-07-08T17:00:48.926-05:00Well, daughter o' mine, if it's just the l...Well, daughter o' mine, if it's just the leaves and foliage that is getting eaten, it's probably the grasshoppers. But if the plants are falling over, it's probably the new cutworms.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-38662679036656001632012-07-08T16:59:00.778-05:002012-07-08T16:59:00.778-05:00LindaCO - When you think about it, it's a high...LindaCO - When you think about it, it's a high ick factor if you consider all the creepy crawlies chickens will eat! (Okay, I can't think about that anymore, 'cause I do love my chickens eggs and want to be able to keep eating them.)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-1321185762156810312012-07-08T16:57:10.807-05:002012-07-08T16:57:10.807-05:00Karen L. - I know, I'm not being very mature a...Karen L. - I know, I'm not being very mature about it, am I? I found one more variegated cutworm on the peas this morning. I MADE myself knock it off the leaf (I had gloves on) so I could grind it to nothingness. (Gleefully.)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-12685997570682548282012-07-08T16:55:14.258-05:002012-07-08T16:55:14.258-05:00Leigh - Yeah, but the thought of carrying around a...Leigh - Yeah, but the thought of carrying around a bucket with those ugly-buglies in it . . . Eeee-uuwww!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-91516325739133405922012-07-08T16:54:14.626-05:002012-07-08T16:54:14.626-05:00Jen - We used to have those in Illinois, too. The...Jen - We used to have those in Illinois, too. The first time I saw one I seriously thought it was an alien landed on our planet. When other bloggers post a picture of one, I cannot bear to look at it. Talk about the worm from H-E-Double-Hockey-Stick!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-9414308725300657842012-07-08T16:51:49.547-05:002012-07-08T16:51:49.547-05:00Oh, please don't say it's gonna be more an...Oh, please don't say it's gonna be more and more of a challenge gardening every year, Sue! The only thing that is keeping me from crying over this year's pathetic garden is the thought that next year's will be wonderful! No??Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-31265589731887083412012-07-08T16:50:10.913-05:002012-07-08T16:50:10.913-05:00Mama Tea - If I grabbed a big ol' worm instead...Mama Tea - If I grabbed a big ol' worm instead of a pea pod or green bean, I promise you would hear me scream at your house! Plus I'd jump so high I'd probably LAND at your house.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-30951598126122983452012-07-08T16:48:28.623-05:002012-07-08T16:48:28.623-05:00judy - Put one on a hook for fishing?? NEVER! I ...judy - Put one on a hook for fishing?? NEVER! I don't care how many people call me a wimp. Ish!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-68335061311458275272012-07-08T16:47:24.234-05:002012-07-08T16:47:24.234-05:00CR - Heck, squish two of 'em. And thanks!CR - Heck, squish two of 'em. And thanks!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-30778782946371807682012-07-08T16:46:51.065-05:002012-07-08T16:46:51.065-05:00Sparkless - I'm not sure a trade for your pois...Sparkless - I'm not sure a trade for your poisonous black widow spiders is something I want to enter into! Geesh, do you have trouble with people actually getting bit by them? As you can tell, my daughter didn't inherit my intense dislike of worms, but she just about faints at the thought of a spider! We all have our hang-ups, don't we?Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-86002497580836297582012-07-08T11:45:40.027-05:002012-07-08T11:45:40.027-05:00Army worms this year??? I haven't heard that ...Army worms this year??? I haven't heard that at ALL! I thought their life-cycle was 17 years. (Or was it 11?) Anyway, it hasn't been that long since we had the huge onslaught. But, I'd forgotten that you didn't have them then even though *I* did, in spades! SOMETHING is cutting down my vegetation this year, though: not sure if it's the over-abundance of grasshoppers or the cut-worms . . .Chicken Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704834273210183660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-26505206654327673132012-07-08T11:40:20.516-05:002012-07-08T11:40:20.516-05:00A black widow????????????????? On your ARM???????...A black widow????????????????? On your ARM??????? I would have died on the spot. That's one BIG reason I live in the Frozen North . . . although, so sadly, we are QUICKLY changing into the Temperate North. Auughhhhh. I'm so creeped out right now!Chicken Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704834273210183660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-52673212605948950242012-07-08T10:58:06.577-05:002012-07-08T10:58:06.577-05:00Yuck! Very high on the ick factor, but I think it&...Yuck! Very high on the ick factor, but I think it's really cool that the chickens will eat them!LindaCOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316183776592482615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-19180868226856747932012-07-08T10:56:58.333-05:002012-07-08T10:56:58.333-05:00Isn't it funny (not as in hahaha but as in &qu...Isn't it funny (not as in hahaha but as in "strange") how certain things creep us out. I would have never guessed this about you especially being the great farmer that you are. But there is just no telling what our Achilles heel will be. Big strong men can be felled by a spider. There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Here's hoping that your veggies survive the onslaught.Karen L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11803082902611080914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-71008980563739303192012-07-08T08:52:16.881-05:002012-07-08T08:52:16.881-05:00Well, there are worms and there are worms! The nas...Well, there are worms and there are worms! The nasty veggie eating kind are fed to the chickens. I usually try to knock them off into my bucket so I don't have to touch them, LOLLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-38376059638278848422012-07-08T08:30:16.130-05:002012-07-08T08:30:16.130-05:00When I lived in Louisiana as a child, we used to g...When I lived in Louisiana as a child, we used to get these giant green worms on the tomato plants - the exact color and approximate circumference of the stem of the plant. SHUDDER! My father used to go around in the evening and pluck them off and cut them up with his pocket knife. I hope I can coax him to my place if I ever have that problem here because I don't think I'm up for it!Jenyfer Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769550148821002722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-55687856993271303322012-07-08T08:28:12.576-05:002012-07-08T08:28:12.576-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jenyfer Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769550148821002722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-49931224572255218232012-07-08T05:58:25.161-05:002012-07-08T05:58:25.161-05:00Oh, I remember your aversion to all things worm-li...Oh, I remember your aversion to all things worm-like. I'm sorry you're having to deal with this right now. It's gonna be more and more of a challenge gardening every year. But we're tough!! And we shall prevail!!!!!!!!!!!<br />(And make darn sure our better halves are available for "squishing"!)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-38838538468303872002012-07-08T05:56:29.462-05:002012-07-08T05:56:29.462-05:00Aw, Mama Pea! Too bad you can't train those ch...Aw, Mama Pea! Too bad you can't train those chickens to walk along with you and be your worm defense but NOT eat the plants they are on. Yucky! I'm always afraid what's going to be lurking on the plant that I'm jabbing my hand at....Amy Dingmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955555538158746355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-48276813964864229852012-07-08T04:09:29.829-05:002012-07-08T04:09:29.829-05:00I take my invitation to invade your garden,back th...I take my invitation to invade your garden,back this year,you can have all them worms ,I can barely put one on a hook for fishing--loljudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818275450006660503noreply@blogger.com