Evelyn, I'm sure hoping all will be well.
Bugs, bugs bugs!
I'm fighting a losing battle here. First Japanese beetles, then squash vine borers, then fruit worms, then stink bugs, now army worms, tussock moth cats that eat everything and I mean EVERYTHING!
I do have lots of predator wasps and mantids and birds but they can't keep up. I have more spiders than I ever have, but they can't keep up!
Worst year for plant pests I've seen in a long while.
On the bright side; I have at least 15 different species of native bees this year. Very few honeybees, most of them were killed off by the big freeze last winter. A beekeeper friend of mine told me hive die off was over 50%. No telling how high the wild honeybee die off was.
This is the time of the year that I say I'm quitting; its so hot and I'm having to water every day and everything looks so crappy…… but then I take a stroll down memory lane with my pics and I realize I'm just blowing hot air, literally as well as figuratively!
So I will continue to learn from my mistakes, and have the best hopes for next year.
