they are everywhere

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE
this spring i had the prettiest garden ive ever had
tomatoes producing like crazy
some of them would take up a whole hand
and they were heirloom delicious sink tomatoes

we had beans and more beans of different varieties
the best were the two foot long asian beans my older
brother gave me

we had lots of lots of squash looking like we were going to
defeat that squash borer this year
by planting tatume squash

luckily we had a bumper crop of onions and garlic

we also have and still have armenian cucumbers being
produced

yep one proud organicgreen doctor of his garden

then

in june it was hot and dry
the fewest rain weve had in june maybe ever
luckily i had plenty of irrigation rainwater to use
but that heat just takes its toil on plants

we were doing ok until about a week ago
when we got that 100+ temps several days in a row

that seemed to activate the grasshoppers
we have grasshoppers every year but
this year its the worst ever
its of biblical proportions

when you go in our garden there are thousands of grasshoppers
it seems in the garden
chopping away at everything green
there are so many that even the country n hens get their fill
early on each day and seem to not be interested the rest of the day

even our two guineas start out the day going after those grass hoppers
but soon i guess get so full they just stop eating them

when you walk out to our car there are so many grasshoppers that
they jump against the metal siding of our house and it sounds
like some one is shooting it with bird shot

here is what use to be a beautiful coral honeysuckle that for
some reason the hoppers really like

they especially like my citrus trees
they even eat the bark off the branches

in the back ground you can see where ive covered up the
citrus plants with row cover hoping to salvage enough of the
plants to keep them alive

i have no pictures of my garden as i dont want any pictures to
look at in the future
as looking at the garden in real time makes me sick

tomatoes destroyed
asian beans gone
other beans about gone
squash either grasshoppered or squash borered
luckily my peas are being spared for now as are my cucumbers
but it appears that they are beginning to eat them now

ive managed to cover up my summer stuff with row cover
okra peppers basil egg plant and some tomatoes
the rest im afraid are doomed

im just glad i dont do this for a living
but even then
its devastating after all the work

maybe ill start having fried grasshoppers every day
i could feed all of texas just from my property

the organicgreen doctor

heres the schedule of events

HERES THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
my wife she and i are involved with 4 walks to end alzheimers this fall
and two fun raising events for our organicgreendoctor team and the
alzheimers association

on september 28 2013 at the san gabriel park in georgetown texas our
organicgreendoctor team will be participating in this years
williamson county walk to end alzheimers

click here to go to the organicgreendoctors team page then
donate and or join my team

there are two choices on my team page

$ donate to my team

or to donate and or join my team
+1 join my team

click on the choice you make and follow the directions

on november 2 2013 in temple texas
the bell county walk to end alzheimers
will be at the olin teague veterans center

you may donate and or join our team
by clicking here to go to the organicgreendoctor.com team

again there are choices

$ donate to my team

or to donate or join
+1 join my team

we also will have a team in the large austin walk on
october 19 2013

that team is not set up online yet but should be sometime
over the next month

my brothers walk to end alzheimers team will be walking
in el dorado arkansas on november 2 2013
his team is set up to honor him and my mother and father
and those other relatives who developed alzheimers

you can go to his teams home page at #joe nash to
donate or join his team

on thursday august 15 2013 join us at the round rock express
triple a game
some of the nights proceeds will go to the alzheimers association

go to this site bit.ly/alzrrexpress
chose the august 15th game
type in promo code forgetmenot
click on reserved seating or berm lawn seating
to get a discount ticket for that night

wear purple

then
the first week in september at the reunion grille in cedar park
texas there will be a silent auction to raise money for our team

please join us there for food and drinks and music and make a
bid on our items

i am personally building a 4 ft square garden from 2x12 cedar boards
with good garden soil added and with the lady bug brand of mels
bartholomews square foot garden mix with a gift certificate to a local
nursery for plants
i personally will come to your house and help you pick a site for the garden
install the square foot garden for you and help you plant your fall garden

so if you have always wanted to have a square foot garden
now is your chance
warning interest in bidding for this has already started
but theres still plenty of time

another item is an alzheimers quilt
(this is not it above but it will be posted later)

one of my medical school classmates is a retired plastic surgeon who
writes the bog sutured for a living
she has agreed to make a lap quilt that will have the alzheimers association
purple colors and the forget me not flowers on it
you can imagine how perfect the suturing i mean sewing will be on this
quilt

other items will be listed later

add these dates to your calender

the organicgreendoctor

if you only knew

IF YOU ONLY KNEW

this is an ad that appeared in parade magazine on a recent sunday in june

take a minute to read the line between the two images

then think about what you know now
to help you then

the organicgreen doctor