And you know, too, how much I’ve been enjoying my roses. The red rose trees were in bloom and looking lovely and one of the yellow rose bushes had a bud about to burst open.
Then it happened. I went
outside one morning to smile at and talk to my flowers as I always do, and lo
and behold, there were no flowers! All I had were bare stems, every bud and
blossom, every single bloom, had been chewed off by my formerly beloved deer. I was not happy. And may I say these roses
were in my front yard, not the back yard next to the woods where I normally see
the deer.
I heard that deer won’t go
near rosemary, so I put pots of rosemary near the roses. Then a neighbor said
they don’t like cayenne pepper, so I sprinkled an entire bottle of cayenne
pepper all around my roses. The deer haven’t come back to them, but that’s
probably because there’s nothing left for them to eat.
I started getting new growth on the roses which thrilled me no end, except we then had a beetle invasion. The beetles are eating my roses to death, leaving nothing but skeleton leaves.
I started getting new growth on the roses which thrilled me no end, except we then had a beetle invasion. The beetles are eating my roses to death, leaving nothing but skeleton leaves.
For the beetles, I was told
to get Bag-A-Bug
and hang it away from the plants. I did, and it is truly attracting and catching beetles, but there are still enough on my rose trees to do considerable damage. I was told the beetle season only lasts about six weeks so I’m hoping they’re close to going away.
If nothing else comes along, I just may get to enjoy my roses yet this summer.
And my birds.
And my porch.
One can only hope.
