There's a story about potato beetles that Dad told. Of course this was long before pesticides when potato beetles were menace. "An advertisement appeared in a farm paper. 'Sure fire method for ridding your potato patch of potato beetles. Send $5.00 to (address).' In response the sender received this message. 'Fill a quart jar half full of turpentine, drop the beetles into the jar.'" The $5.00 at the time of the ad would be equivalent to about $100. today. 😀 Of course I neglected to ask if he'd sent $5.00!
When I opened the door of my truck I was greeted by a jar of strawberry/rhubarb jam and six chocolate chip cookies! Which reminds me of this story. "Bruce was home visiting his mother in Sinai.
When they drove downtown she made sure to lock the car doors. 'Mom, do have to lock in Sinai?' 'Yes, if you don't lock your car in August, when you come back to it, it will be full of zucchini.'"
Takk for alt,
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Potato Bug also known as a Jerusalem Cricket.
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