Dear Gardens,

I neglected to include the times for the Saturday, May 31 workday. We'll work from 8 am to 11 am. The mornings have been magical this week so please consider coming to the workday and helping the the many chores that we need to complete.

Cucumber beetles have been sighted in the gardens as well as the arrival of the flea beetles. Cucumber beetles are yellow and black striped and like cucumbers, squash and pumpkins. They cause a lot of damage when the plants are small and tender and also spread diseases. Flea beetles are tiny and black and eat holes in brassicas: broccoli, cabbage, bok choi, arugula etc. Both of these pests can best be handled with physical barriers. More information and pictures can be found here:

http://www.eagleheightsgardens.org/tips/gardentips.shtml

http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/flea-beetles

http://www.highmowingseeds.com/blog/organic-control-measures-for-striped-cucumber-beetles/

Remember that most of the plots are required to use organic management strategies. If you have questions, there is a handout here to help you with that:


http://www.eagleheightsgardens.org/tips/OrganicProducts.pdf

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Gretel, Garden Registrar
ehgardens@rso.wisc.edu
Garden Website: www.eagleheightsgardens.org