I'll try to get some pictures of them if need be, but I have two unrelated trees, not near each other, that died in the last year, for no apparently reason, both surrounded by other trees which are totally healthy.
One is in the front yard, and is, I believe, a "curly" or "corkscrew" willow...
I am considering this year a total learning experience, because so far, I haven't gotten to harvest anything. I think I've lost all my big, beautiful broccoli plants, as well as the cauliflower, to this beast, captured here by my husband:
I've sprayed a soap solution on the leaves, but...
Update: Much better today. Still sore, but I can grip again, and am typing with no pain. Swelling is improved probably 80% over yesterday--nothing for the doc to even look at, really. But WOW, that was an uncomfortable 24 hours! Interesting that there were NO symptoms until several hours after...
OK, just get all your laughing out of your system right up front. There. Ready?
:P
Anyway. So, yesterday, I was mowing the lawn, and I got too close to a rose bush, and got a pretty stiff thorn to the hand, and a deep scratch up my forearm.
I got stuck in the back of my hand, right in the...
Zoysia is what covers my parents' lawn, and all I know is that the stuff is GLORIOUS. Thick, lush, rich, absolutely amazing. My dad always mowed it twice a week during the summer, and kept it looking absolutely perfect. It's in full sun, and we're located in Arkansas. If I could afford it...