I started this thread as I saw my first Japanese Beetle of the year. I've used Neem Oil and Sevin, but I try to go organic as much as I possibly can.
Deer are my other pain! I rotate Plantskydd with other things like Ropel and Liquid Fence. I also read somewhere if you leave a talk radio station (via radio) on overnight that that will spook them, haven't tried that yet. Then there's the tried old scarecrow.
In any case, those are my struggles. I'm hoping we can collect some information here that will be useful to each other.