Market Farming

["Ken Bezilla" <kenbez AT hotmail.com>]

It's my first year growing veggies here in Virginia, and my first time for 
dealing with Japanese beetles.  They're munching some on our okra -- some 
light damage to the leaves, but also a bit of munching on some of the older 
pods (annoying, since we're growing the okra as a seed crop).

Should we worry about the Japanese beetles?  Are we breeding an okra-loving 
strain of beetles, and should we destroy them before they destroy all okra 
as we know it?

(Interestingly, the beetles are also doing some light munching on our sweet 
potato leaves...)

Ken Bezilla
Acorn Community Farm
central Virginia