We grow a garden every year. I can and freeze all of it. I put up approx. 300 units of food in jars and freezer bags. We started an orchard 15 years ago and it produces enough fruit for the full year and I am able to give a lot away. I and my gardening friends bring each other things like peaches from down south and we freeze them. Meat is and will be a problem. We are taking a day trip to a meat packing plant about 1 1/2 hours away to stock up for a while. If things get really bad, we have relatives who hunt and two relatives who know how to butcher and age meat. I'm praying this can be solved with good leadership being elected. I know some of you do not have the land or the time to grow things. For those of you who do, I think you will love the experience of growing your own food.
If this is recent damage and the plants have just begun to wilt, you can remove the borer with a knife and then mound the surrounding soil up over the incision that you made. There are a lot of videos on YouTube showing exactly how to do this. Also, in the future, try planting yellow squash as a trap crop.
We grow a garden every year. I can and freeze all of it. I put up approx. 300 units of food in jars and freezer bags. We started an orchard 15 years ago and it produces enough fruit for the full year and I am able to give a lot away. I and my gardening friends bring each other things like peaches from down south and we freeze them. Meat is and will be a problem. We are taking a day trip to a meat packing plant about 1 1/2 hours away to stock up for a while. If things get really bad, we have relatives who hunt and two relatives who know how to butcher and age meat. I'm praying this can be solved with good leadership being elected. I know some of you do not have the land or the time to grow things. For those of you who do, I think you will love the experience of growing your own food.
Any advice about squash borers? Just nuked my squash and zucchini.
If this is recent damage and the plants have just begun to wilt, you can remove the borer with a knife and then mound the surrounding soil up over the incision that you made. There are a lot of videos on YouTube showing exactly how to do this. Also, in the future, try planting yellow squash as a trap crop.
Thank you. I had 1 zucchini and 1 squash. Pulled them up this morning!🙁😉
Fed the grubs to the birds! Lol