It is a timely article Frank...as we plant bulbs in October where I live and it is closing-in on that month.. I enjoyed reading the article....
You're my kinda gal. :D
I like seeing them on the telly...and I once thought about visiting Chelsea, but mate---the crowds, the crowds. What I also like are the gardens...
It just makes you shake your head, doesn't it. I'll tell you what--I have not had a great deal of success with deterring them.Droopy, a member on...
Way to go, Jane ! That's a great foto of this species.
Nice foto's Nor. You have some good subjects there.
Addendum: Oh, I forgot to say that I think of blight when I see your foto of the leaves. I don't know if it exists in persimmons...but I wonder.
I looks like a persimmon tree/fruit. Possoms like to eat them. I wonder if they come to your tree to eat during the night..
I watch the telly presentations of some shows shown on the BBC. You folks have so many during the course of a year. I wish gardening here was such...
I make a slug trap out of an old yoghurt cup and pour beer into it. Slugs and snails do really like hosta's.