Bugs in the Garden

It was Barb Giamanco, who first encouraged me to submit articles to SelfGrowth.com and I have been doing just that for a few months now. Today, SelfGrowth accepted my submission about bugs and if you would like to read it, here is the link:

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/a_southern_garden_in_mid_summer_coexistence_with_the_bugs.html?#

The Bugs Have Arrived

For several days already, the Japanese beetles ("June bugs") have been in evidence in my garden. I've seen two Black Widow spiders so far, grasshoppers are everywhere, as are the little gray snails that are finding too many tasty plants to feast on, and this morning I saw this butterfly napping under a leaf of one of my Hyacinth bean vines.

Well, it's June, almost July, and we are in Georgia; what can I say . . .?

Salvia & Salvia

The poor thing on the right deserved better. I bought these Salvias on the same day, a few weeks ago, at the same place and put one in a pot and the other one in one of my garden borders. Well, the slugs loved that one! I finally took pity on it, dug it up this morning and put it in a pot of its own. Whether it will survive or not is hard to tell. All I can do is try!