Thank you all so much for your helpful advice! As you can tell, I consider myself a newbie to gardening. I was brought up gardening with my dad but that was only planting seeds, weeding and harvesting in his vegetable garden (which you can see to the side of the new photos I have uploaded). Dad passed away 2 years ago and I inherited his home which I lived in previously for a short period of time. So the spruce tree in the photo was planted by us in 1974 so the hostas have some morning sun but are shaded in the afternoon (east to west). We had one year old "compost" delivered 2 years ago from a local horse farm so I wouldn't think it's still hot but I have no idea. I just went out and took a few more shots to give you a better idea of the surroundings the hostas are in. Also, we have had quite a bit of rain the past day or two which is why it is so wet but maybe they do need better drainage. When i was out taking the new photos, I checked the small containers of beer I put out next to the plants and there are A LOT of these little bugs ... they look like pill bugs to me. I think they are my culprits! As a matter of fact, I have had a heck of a time in my vegetable garden this summer with tons of pill bugs eating my beans and cucs. I put Sevin on the plants but then would need to reapply with the rain or when I watered. Not sure if I'm meant to have a garden...I'm no comparison to my Dad that's for sure!
