You know, July is usually a great month for just laying around and relaxing a bit since everything else in the landscape has already been taken care of or at least should have been.
However, with all the rain we have had this past month I think the easy life for most of us is somewhere in the future.
I am tired of the rain and really sick of seeing all the weeds. Weeds, weeds and more weeds. Kill em off and here comes another batch. It's like a game with them. HAHAHAHA HA old man! Reminds me of an old Dave Clark Five song "Here we
come again....uh uh...Catch us if you can ...uh uh".
Roundup sales in June should be through the roof. Probably should have bought Monsanto stock back in April.
In case you are not aware Monsanto's patent ran out years ago on Roundup so you can buy cheaper weed killer. Just look for the active ingredient of GLYSOPHATE. Then take the money you have just saved and come spend it at Beaver Creek. Haha!! Also, whatever product you buy, add a couple (and only a couple) drops of Dawn dish washing liquid to your sprayer of weed killer. It will act as a "surfactant" which means it will help the weed killer "stick" to the leaves and stay there longer so it can be absorbed instead of running off. Again, just a couple of drops. You don't want to give your weeds a bubble bath now do ya?
It's that time of year to check your roses for Rose slugs and Rose Rosette disease. You can read more about each of these if you are so inclined in our archived Newsletters or by
clicking here for Rose Slugs or
here for Rose Rosette disease and scrolling down to each article.
Carpenter Bees are active as usual. Again, if you are in an investigative mood you can
click here and read the article "What's all the Buzz about"
There are still remnants of destruction from the past two winters. Still seeing dead plants and trees or those with branches completely dead. Even those that have been in the landscape for years. When we go from a Zone 6 to a Zone 3 for a couple of back to back winters we all get to find out just exactly what those cold hardiness zones mean.
Scale is showing up on Magnolias and with the humidity Powdery Mildew is starting to enter the picture also. If you are not sure how to treat either of these feel free to call.
And lastly....
I think I may need a Shrink! Every time I take a break here from typing and get up and look out the door I think it's raining again... Naw...can't be!!! Can it???
