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Gardening

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

10. Lord have mercy

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 08:03 PM

Jun 2014

I have mosquitoes coming out of my ears and it is just the beginning of June. They are horrible. We had a drought, and then it started raining and hasn't stopped since.

We have so many mosquitoes they should be our state bird.

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Zone 5 midwest gardeners with blackberries or raspberries??? A question for you. [View all] Skidmore May 2014 OP

FWIW dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #1

We stopped off at a fruit stand today, and were told Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #2

My flower beds got hammered. Skidmore May 2014 #3

Oh, I forgot, we also lost the four holly bushes we'd planted out front Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #4

I'm working on planting differently. Skidmore May 2014 #5

I've been trying to get more bushes, canes, and trees Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6

I have a verbeneum, native to this area, but took Skidmore May 2014 #7

Where we are, it's mostly just temperature extremes so far. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #8

Lord have mercy Aerows Jun 2014 #10

I'm way down south Aerows Jun 2014 #9

I'm Zone 5 TuxedoKat Jun 2014 #11