I douse the gardens with collected rainwater or use the hose if there is none in the buckets. The leaves of the plants glisten and water trickles down to soak the thirsty morning soil. Then I pause. Sometimes I munch on whatever is growing and producing like a crunchy snow pea or succulent strawberry.
Then they rise up, crawling, ugly stinkbugs/ squash bugs from the soil to sun themselves at the tops of the leaves. Dark brown, grey and charcoal against the bright green of the leaves they are easy to spot. Easy to kill. I wait till they are exposed and then squirt them with my water and dish soap mixture.
If I am lucky I catch them mating and get a two for one kill. They will not prevail this year. They will be suffocated with my diligence. I kill their babies too. Yes, I am a baby killer. I remove leaves they have laid eggs on and crush them all dead!
Damn you stink bugs! You will not hurt my precious pumpkins....my precious.
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