{"id":7303,"date":"2018-07-07T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2018-07-07T09:04:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T14:04:46","slug":"the-japanese-beetles-are-here-and-im-screaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/2018\/07\/07\/the-japanese-beetles-are-here-and-im-screaming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Beetles are Here and I&#8217;m Screaming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7304\" src=\"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180707hauser.jpg\" alt=\"20180707Hauser\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180707hauser.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180707hauser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180707hauser-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180707hauser-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Location:\u00a0In a Garden Near You<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Such a gorgeous day! I was really looking forward to digging around in the garden, thinning out the weeds, maybe staking the tomatoes that are LOVING the hot, rainy weather. And then&#8230;THIS GUY! Oh, he&#8217;s so pleased with his handiwork, having chewed up our blueberry bush into lacy bits where leaves used to be. And he&#8217;s certainly not alone &#8211; he&#8217;s got a gazillion or so of his best buds with him. Grrr.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Turns out, there aren&#8217;t a ton of great ways to get rid of Japanese beetles. You can read all about these dastardly creatures here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/yard-and-garden-insects\/japanese-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/yard-and-garden-insects\/japanese-beetles<\/a>\u00a0but I&#8217;ll save you the click: Soapy water is their kryptonite. Go ahead and pick them off your bushes, flowers, veggies&#8230;and toss them into a bucket of soapy water. They&#8217;re slowest in the mornings, which means they&#8217;re less likely to buzz into your hair. Gross.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Good luck!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Photo: Whitney Hauser<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese beetles are here whether you like them or not. Really, who likes them? Photo: Whitney Hauser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[537,1394],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}