Asparagus beetle management update
Our new way of dealing
with Asparagus Beetles is to cut down the asparagus plants in the
Fall and use them as deep bedding in one of the chicken coops. The
chickens get to snack on the larvae when they wake up in the Spring.
We only found one Asparagus
Beetle last year and zero for 2012.
Maybe 2013 will be our first
year of serious asparagus?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I guess I thought the beetles overwintered in the mulch and soil, but it sure wouldn't hurt to try. I'm going to have to try this, and hey. Another source of carbon for bedding!
I love that I can come here everyday and you have something new for me to think about. You guys do a great job, keep it up.