{"id":2286,"date":"2012-06-04T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2012-06-04T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T07:00:34","slug":"q-and-a-caterpillars-on-dill-plants-and-fairs-and-expos-in-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/06\/04\/q-and-a-caterpillars-on-dill-plants-and-fairs-and-expos-in-the-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: caterpillars on dill plants and Fairs and Expos in the midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Caterpillars on dill plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Again I am requesting your experienced answer concerning our garden. I have planted a lot of dill for canning but two days ago I discovered large (and some small) yellow and black striped caterpillars eating the stalks. What can I do to get rid of them. I hate using Seven but might have to. Also last year, our zucchini were destroyed by a dark bug that looked like older people called &#8220;blister&#8221; bugs. Not even insect killer like Seven seemed to faze them. Sure would like to get ahead of this then this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Claudine Norwood<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wagoner, Oklahoma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ll either spray your dill with Bt (Dipel) or pyrethrins, it&#8217;ll take care of the little pests. Bt is a natural bacteria that kills caterpillars that eat green foliage and stems. It does not harm birds, good bugs, or you. Pythrethrins is also a natural insecticide and will take care of blister beetles, squash bugs, and many other garden pest insects without harming you, pets, or the environment. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fairs and Expos in the Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I know there are a lot of fairs and expos for self reliance, mostly in the western states and east but why never in the middle states? In the West and East there are many self-reliance people with experience but in our area I can not find many. I would really like to see some fairs and expos in the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oklahoma area. Do you see that ever happening? We really need the help here. I know there are people in Arkansas and Texas that would like help too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Claudine N.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wagoner, Oklahoma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is going to be a huge expo in Dallas, Texas, at the end of July. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfrelianceexpo.com\/dallas\/\">http:\/\/www.selfrelianceexpo.com\/dallas\/<\/a>) I&#8217;m hoping you can come visit me at the BHM booth! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caterpillars on dill plants Again I am requesting your experienced answer concerning our garden. I have planted a lot of dill for canning but two days ago I discovered large (and some small) yellow and black striped caterpillars eating the stalks. What can I do to get rid of them. I hate using Seven but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}