Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Weapons of mass destruction

I've been checking my sunflowers everyday.  This is what I came home to today:

Sunflower leaves eaten

If you're thinking, "Wait.  I don't see anything."  Mmhmm.  Precisely.  SOME VARMINT ATE THE LEAVES OFF MY SUNFLOWERS!!  I'm proposing the following critter:


Keep your eyes peeled people!  These guys kick ya when you're down!  And to think, my husband and I were just ooing and awing at a mama & two babies happily strolling up our driveway.  So what do I do?  I put my husband to work!

Putting a fence around the sunflower bed
Not to worry, he owed me for this:

Black spots on beebalm from weed killer

 And this:

Last surviving leaves on mountain mint from bout with weed killer
I shall leave you with a happy ending to this story.  Check these babies out!  They're taller than me!

Michigan Lilies
 And someday soon they will look like this:


Happy day everyone!

1 comment:

  1. I love watching my baby flowers, herbs & veggies grow! Happy gardening!

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