From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
      Were eating my beans up pretty badly , but I'm somewhat controlling   
   their numbers now . I sprayed the plants - blue lake pole beans - before   
   they flowered with some fruit tree spray (checked with my Plant Guru   
   first , she said it was OK) that has permethrin and neem oil and that   
   worked fairly well . Once they flower I can't use pesticides because of   
   the bees , so I'm drowning the bugs in soapy water . What I'm doing is   
   holding a gallon size ice cream container with an inch or so of soapy   
   water in it under the leaf they're on . I touch or shake the leaf , they   
   land in the soapy water and drown . Early in the morning is a good time   
   as is late afternoon/early evening - but you can find them just about   
   any time of day . I'm not preventing all the damage , but I'm reducing   
   it enough that it's not a big deal . And this year the beans are loaded   
   loaded with blossoms and teeny tiny beans . I am optimistic ...   
      Also , the tomatoes are doing very well , loaded with fruit and   
   blossoming like crazy .  We've started picking cucumbers and a few   
   peppers (California Wonder red/green and Anaheims) and the bees are   
   doing very well , putting up lots of honey . Everything seems to be   
   going well this year - I think it's partly because I'm spending more   
   time out there and partly due to fertilizing with generous quantities   
   of rabbit droppings ...   
   --   
   Snag   
   Illegitimi non   
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