Re: Jb magnets NOW Sam

Enjoy the visit...wonderful to have him safely back.  One of my sisters and
her husband visited last week.  We had the neighbors...he is a retired
Marine...over for supper.  All had been in Vietnam close to the same
time...the tales were fantastic...the experience never leaves you.


> [Original Message]
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 7/11/2006 9:52:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jb magnets NOW Sam
>
> No, a 15 day leave.  But he hadn't expected to get it this soon, if at
all, 
> since he joined his unit late because of the broken hand and ankle
problems.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jb magnets NOW Sam
>
>
> > Kitty, will Sam be home for good this time?
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >
> >
> >> Sounds good.  Of course, I get behind on everything and mine would 
> >> probably bloom.  I would consider the yellow flowers to be the yellow 
> >> ribbons for our service people far away from home.  (Sam will be home 
> >> tomorrow!)
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:29 PM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>
> >>
> >>>I clip it as it blooms because the yellow doesn't go well with the
theme.
> >>> Besides, early cutting of the blossoms keeps the reseeding problem at 
> >>> bay.
> >>> However, the blue green foliage looks fine there.
> >>>
> >>> Blessings,
> >>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> >>> Behalf
> >>> Of Kitty
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:15 PM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, Ruta Graveolens is the herb...
> >>>> Patriotic garden since it was planted there.
> >>>
> >>> How does yellow fit into that color scheme?
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:25 AM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I believe my June Bugs are your Japanese Beetles, Kitty.  I had
> >>>>accidentally
> >>>> harkened back to my childhood years when dad battled them
occasionally.
> >>>> Sorry.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, Ruta Graveolens is the herb (yes, it CAN and Will seed its way 
> >>>> around
> >>>> if you don't deadhead religiously) but I've seen much fewer JB's in
the
> >>>> Patriotic garden since it was planted there.  A neighbor put up
traps 
> >>>> for
> >>>> them, so we put some on the edge of our property to keep them from 
> >>>> being
> >>>> drawn across our property.  Maybe that was a mistake?
> >>>>
> >>>> Blessings,
> >>>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >>>> Behalf
> >>>> Of Kitty
> >>>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 7:41 PM
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>>>
> >>>> Bonnie, I wasn't sure what you meant by June Bugs (especially since
my
> >>>> Japanese Beetles never show up until July) so I looked it up and
June 
> >>>> Bug
> >>>> covers "any of numerous rather large leaf-eating scarab beetles 
> >>>> (subfamily
> >>>> Melolonthinae) that fly chiefly in late spring and have larvae that
are
> >>>> white grubs which live in soil and feed chiefly on the roots of
grasses
> >>>> and
> >>>> other plants", so I guess my Japanese Beetles might fit into that 
> >>>> category
> >>>> except that they are summer visitors, but I don't know if YOUR June 
> >>>> Bugs
> >>>> are
> >>>> Japanese Beetles.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't use bait or bags, they just attract more and to be effective 
> >>>> would
> >>>> have to be moved everytime the wind changes course.  Not happenin' 
> >>>> here.
> >>>> Rue could be a plant in any of 15 genera, but I'm thinking you might 
> >>>> mean
> >>>> Ruta graveolens.  I didn't know it was a deterrent; always thought
of 
> >>>> it
> >>>> as
> >>>> an herb and a bit weedy, but I guess I could give it a try.  Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kitty
> >>>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:55 AM
> >>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Kitty, I have had some damage from June Bugs on my Rose of Sharon,
but
> >>>>> not
> >>>>> much.  Do you use bait and bags or have you tried rue or some other
> >>>>> natural
> >>>>> deterrents?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Blessings,
> >>>>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On
> >>>>> Behalf
> >>>>> Of Kitty
> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 2:01 PM
> >>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Jb magnets
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Years ago I kept a yellow rose as my indicator plant that let me
know
> >>>>> when
> >>>>> Japanese beetles began arriving.  Eventually I started noticing
their
> >>>>> other
> >>>>> preferences and have removed them.  I got rid of Purple Loosestrife 
> >>>>> for
> >>>>> many
> >>>>> reasons, but evicting many JBs with them was the real pleasure. 
Pussy
> >>>>> Willows were the next to go.  This year it will be the Blue Satin
Rose 
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> Sharon; again for more than one reason.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The blue flowers were the attraction for me.  I knew I might be
taking 
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> chance because JBs loved my double ROS when I had it on the other
side 
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> the yard and they devoured the white ROS that was 10 feet from the 
> >>>>> blue
> >>>>> one's placement.  I hoped though I could keep an eye on it. 
However, 
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> other two ROS never, ever gave me a single volunteer plant, but Blue
> >>>>> Satin
> >>>>> seeds like a maniac everywhere.  The other two ROS have been ripped 
> >>>>> out
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> now, with the arrival of swarms of JBs on this one, it's gonna be a
> >>>>> goner,
> >>>>> too.  Can't do much at the moment though as a Clematis is using it
for
> >>>>> support (it's about 7 feet now), but it is coming out this year. 
ROS,
> >>>>> never
> >>>>> again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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