Overcast and humid, quite gloomy looking all day today, but cool, in the 70s.
I saw a large doe in the yard yesterday, right out in the open. And of course when I checked today, the sunflowers were chomped.
I had taken the cages off a few days ago, as the stalks were overtopping them, and had gotten woody enough not to be so tasty, I thought. Even though the flowers were above the cages, they had not been touched. Since removal of the cages, all but two have flower heads and top leaves eaten.
They also got all the blooms on the phlox planted by the gravel garden. I'm not crazy about phlox, but they were big and bushy and would have added some deep purple color there.
I sprayed everything today. Eeew. Stinky, and I don't even know if it really works.
Something is curling and twisting all the new growth on the black gum in front. I don't see aphids, but the new leaves are deformed and curled. Same thing with the new growth on the buckeyes.
