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There’s no doubt the JBs love green beans. They were a plague here for a few years but diligent trapping three summers in a row put a serious dent in the population on my property. The few that remain always go for Mrs. Augie’s Contorted Filbert before anything else which makes it easy to spray them without getting poison on anything that the bees like.

OK! Enough whining on my part. Time to get serious about this overly-wet growing season and better prepare for it next time around:

Gardening in the Rainy Season, You Must Follow These 14 Essential Tips

Soil preparation
Planting Plants in Grow Bags
Pot or grow bag drainage system
Attention to watering
Use of fertilizers
Pruning and Deadheading
Shifting indoor plants outside
Lossen the soil
Creating a shed in the garden or using a rain cover
Insect repellent
Rainwater Harvesting for Plants
Support plants in the rain
Planting the right plants
Protects the roots

https://gardeningholic.com/14-tips-for-gardening/

Also found this. Fertilizing the Tomatoes is on the list this week as temps are cooling a bit and there’s not as MUCH rain in the forecast. I’m not sure the Peppers can be saved unless we go STRAIGHT to drought conditions from here on out. :(

Gardening With Too Much Rain – The Secrets To Success. (With Video)

https://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2019/06/23/gardening-with-too-much-rain/

Japanese Beetles; I have made a point of using Milky Spore in my yard in 3 of the last 5 years and it may be starting to work. (The delay is expected.) I have also used Parasitic nematodes on my lawn and in my garden in the last 3 years so I am making it as inhospitable for them as possible.

Two weeks ago I made a spray that included water, som BT, several drops of Red Cedar and Eucaluptus oil, and a a little soap (as a surfractant) and sprayed the watersprout tops of my Plum trees and my Viking Aronia. I have seen some chewed up new growth and a few J.Beetles, but not the swarms of previous years. I hope its not just a later hatch in July and what I am doing is kicking in.

Good luck with your infestation!