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The Colorado potato beetles are back. I got a head start with their control this year. I waited far too long in 2011. Everything turned out okay but I do believe the plants suffered a bit and the resulting yields weren't anything to write home about. This week I've made a point to go to the potato patch every other day or so to pick these suckers off the leaves. Luckily, they're slow and apparently tasty (to chickens). I collect them in a bowl and drop them into the chicken run and the ladies make quick work of them. It's fascinating to take a pesty protein and turn it into a more delicious one. It reminds me how much living on this earth means that you participate in one big cycle of life. Thank you chickens, thank you bugs.
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