Hello Gardeners,
Parasitized bean beetle larvae: Rather than the live, yellow larvae of the Mexican bean beetles, the larvae parasitized by the wasps are brown. Please don’t crush the parasitized larvae! These are exactly what we want to see, and more wasps will hatch from them.
Theft: I’m sorry to have to include this in the update again, but there continue to be reports of theft in the gardens. Please remember not to take plants, tools, fences, or anything else from another plot. More often though, it is not fellow gardeners taking these things, but people passing through. Our gardens are a popular walking place, and this does leave them more open to theft. It’s helpful to get to know your neighbors.
Too many beans? Bean plants can be very prolific, and you may find yourself with more green beans than you can eat. However, green beans can be frozen and used later. While it’s possible to freeze them raw, the result when you cook with them later may not be very good. It’s better to blanch them first to retain quality and flavor. This is a useful guide to freezing vegetables from PennState Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/freezing-vegetables
Weed your fences: Please remember to keep fences weeded. There are a lot of trees growing along fences and becoming quite large. Trees are easy to remove when they’re small, but quite difficult once they become established.
Thanks, and happy gardening,
Lily
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