Pole Beans at 134 Days

Pole Beans at 134 Days

Pole Beans at 116 Days

The wind really cleaned out all the pole beans for us.

Maybe we will get one more round of beans because of it?!?!

Pole Beans at 109 Days

Pole Beans at 109 Days

Pole Beans at 102 Days

Pole Beans at 95 Days

The Japanese Beetles hit the Beans pretty hard.

There are hardly any beans on the Vines!

Damn Beetles!

Pole Beans at 88 Days

Pole Beans at 81 Days

* Note the Damage from the Japenese Beetles!

Pole Beans at 74 Days

* Still battling the Japanese Beetles. But there seem to be a lot less.

Pole Beans at 67 Days

* Note: We are still battling the Japanese Beetles

Tomatoes and Pole Beans

Tomatoes in Matt and Carolyn's Container Garden

Pole Beans going crazy on our deck!

Pole Beans at 60 Days

Bed 2

Bed 1

Pole Beans at 53 Days

Bed 2

Pole Beans at 53 Days

Bed 1

Pole Beans at 46 Days

Bed 1 Pole Beans

Bed 2

Japanese Beetles. Hate them!!

Any tips for getting rid of them?

Here is one that I found:

FRUIT COCKTAIL-You can buy Japanese-beetle traps of all sorts, but most are no more effective in trapping these pests than a can of fruit cocktail. Open the can and let it sit in the sun for about a week to ferment. Then stand it on bricks or wood blocks in a light-colored pail. Fill the pail with water to just below the top of the can and put it about 25 feet from the plants you want to protect. The beetles,attracted to the sweet and potent bail, will fall into the water and drown. (If rain dilutes the fruit cocktail, you'll have to start anew.)

Pole Beans at 39 Days

Pole Beans- Bed 2 at 39 Days

Bed 1

Pole Beans at 32 Days

Bed 1

Bed 2

Pole Beans at 24 Days

Bed 2

They are starting to climb the Pole!

Bed 1

Pole Beans at 17 Days

Pole Beans

(after a major thinning by Sara)

Pole Beans

Matt working on the Pole Bean climbing Trellis

Matt and Phyllis working on the Trellis

The completed project