A bowl full of soapy water and Japanese beetles.
Yes, I regret to say I forgot to take a picture of those suckers, but rest assured I reveled in their drowning misery. Those oh-so-pretty green and gold insect bastards are the bane of my garden's existence. Last year, they ate my entire raspberry patch. This year, it's me against them. I was told that if you drown the early appearing 'scout' bugs in soapy water, it will discourage the rest of the 'flock' from choosing your garden as a great feeding and breeding ground. We shall see....
At any rate, I got a couple other nicer things from the garden today as well.
Another bouquet of lovely flowers.
I've got all kinds of great things blooming outside right now. I am definitely doing my part to support the dwindling honeybee population.
And my garden is doing its part to support my son's insatiable appetite for all things 'berry'.
Mmm...I never knew how good a strawberry could taste until now. To think...up until now, I actually thought that those things that we buy in the store that look red and are shipped in from California tasted SWEET!
Wow. These berries are amazing.
That other thing is a sweet cubanelle pepper. I was very surprised when I went out to the garden and found it, because I had decided to make meatloaf and would have loved some peppers to put in it. Problem solved.
Anyways, back to my son and his obsession with berries. Blackberries. Blueberries. Strawberries. Doesn't really matter, he devours them all.
Do you see the anticipation on his chubby little face?
Well today it just felt so summery, I had to snap a few shots.
Little blondie in swim trunks (with farmer's tan), scarfing down a juicy homegrown strawberry.
Mmmm. Yum. Quintessential Summer.
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