My perfect flower garden, with 14 varieties of zinnias, is less than perfect after last Wednesday’s wind and rain. One small tree fell on the driveway, that I removed with my E-Go battery powered chainsaw (a full size chainsaw but quiet and easy to maintain).
The garden did well considering the tall lovely blooms of the perennials and annuals. I did not watch as the wind and rain pummeled them. I took the hanging baskets down and retreated to the east end of the house.
The japanse beetles returned to eat the zinnias on Thursday, so I re-applied insecticide. Bon appetite to them, and they will be belly-up by this morning.
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Sorry about the Zinnia. :( I prepared like we were going to get hit with a tornado for that last storm that came though. We got a full inch of rain, but no winds; and they were predicting 60-70MPH! One GIANT sunflower toppled onto my bean patch, but everything has recovered.
I have seen exactly 2 Japanese Beetles, and I am very happy about that. Killed them both, in case one was a boy and the other a girl. Can’t take ANY chances with those jerks!