Front Garden

My husband is an awesome gardener. He planted this garden when we had our house built 4 yrs. ago. To the far left (almost out of the picture) is a Rose of Sharon tree that is totally covered with buds. Hopefully soon there will be purplish flowers all over it (if the beetles don't get to them first). I think the flowers look so beautiful this time of year!

Fun with Dad!

Japanese beetles....UGH!

To those of you who are unfamiliar with the ugly destruction of the Japanese beetle, this is our poor little cherry tree that had some of it's leaves chewed off by the deer in the spring. I was keeping it sprayed with deer off and then walked outside one day to see about 100 Japanese beetles on it. I sprayed the tree with Sevin, which I was told would kill all of them and all who came to eat afterwards. The next day there were several dead beetles under the tree, and new ones on the leaves...munching away. I sprayed again and we got beetle bags (2 have already filled up!). This morning I looked at that poor tree and there were these 2 mating beetles on it, and look at the poor tree. I am convinced that between these beetles and the deer, this tree will not live long enough to produce fruit.

Our Camping Trip!