The bad news is in:
L’s plum tree has root rot. The rain has been so unrelenting this year that I’m really not surprised.
We’re going to try digging it up tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, and cleaning up the roots to see if it can be transplanted somewhere else and saved.
The bugs and other fungus are having a riot of a time this year, so if we ever have a good 12 hours of no rain we’ll try spraying what we can. I don’t like using any -icides but sometimes it’s necessary and it would seem that this year would be the case.
We’ve actually only mowed the yard fully once this year because of the rain — L is working on the second mowing this weekend but it has started raining on him both days while he was out there. It’s kind of ridiculous.
Two more of my roses are blooming though, so I’m happy about that! The Cherry Parfait and the Blueberry Hill.
It’s hard to tell from the evening sun, but the Blueberry Hill is a light lavenderish color when it first blooms. You can, however, tell the poor rose has had more than its fair share of something gnawing away at the leaves.
We also have some lilies, other than ditch lilies, opening at long last!
Something is chewing at them too. Bah and humbug!
Guess that’s why we keep the Flycatcher around, as bug control. One of them brought a dragonfly (okay, so I’m a fan of dragonflies) back to the babies tonight while I was puttering around checking on things and Logan was mowing.
L finally got to hear the chicks calling — at least one of the babies is adorably vocal almost all the time now and I got a short recording of it before it took the dragonfly into the box. I really cannot wait until they start flying. Fingers crossed that I’ll actually get to see one!
Stitched Roots 