Late June Tour plus a battle with EARWIGS 🤢🙅🏻‍♀️

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

All this rain is revenge because we complained about the drought. But most of my plants are loving their lives this year and I'm not flooded so I can't complain. 😊 I love your little coleus pots too and the blue container with the elephant ear. Looking good!

[@goodenoughmn]

@@laurelrosegardens6454 thank you so much! And I know - definitely need to be careful what I wish for. I am also glad for the rain, though, and fortunately I’m not flooded either. Whew!

[@SuffolkSusie]

Great your, I love your garden.

[@goodenoughmn]

Thank you!!!

[@nicholasryan5401]

Beautiful looking garden, its the bees knees.

[@goodenoughmn]

@@nicholasryan5401 thank you!

[@SuffolkSusie]

The pond looks pretty awesome 👍 yeah earwigs eat up my garden too. I try to keep debris clear especially after it rains

[@goodenoughmn]

@@SuffolkSusie good call! I will definitely be more careful of all the mulch + rain in the future. Lesson learned 😅

[@Titus77]

I had a crawling worm eating leaves on a coleus. I wrapped the base loosely with tulle fabric, I guess he didn’t like crawling over strange fabric because it never came back. Maybe it will work for earwigs unless they can fly up.

[@goodenoughmn]

Oh that's a great idea! I have heard that lots of snails/slugs etc don't like climbing over something scratchy. I love a creative non-chemical solution! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@lauriediekrager8332]

I clicked on the video because of the EARWIGS. I am also SE MN but not buying into the zone 5 as I live on a ridge top. Besides earwigs, I'm battling Japanese beetles. I'm using Captain Jacks organic spray and picking them off into dish soap twice a day. Ugh. Your garden looks nice.

[@goodenoughmn]

Oh yeah. It's wild how different the weather is whether you're on a ridge top, in one of the valleys, or somewhere in between! They all have their own little microclimates. Good luck with the Japanese beetles! I haven't found any just yet but I am keeping an eye out. Thankfully it's starting to dry out a bit so the earwig pressure is letting up a bit! 😅