{"id":678,"date":"2010-06-09T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/06\/flower-gardening-photos.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:16:50","slug":"flower-gardening-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/06\/flower-gardening-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Flower Gardening Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gardenjune9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gardenjune9-300x200.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I am in business strategic planning meetings most of this week, which give me a headache even when they&#8217;re as productive as this week has been. So I snuck out to the garden for some early morning beauty today to soothe my senses.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s blooming now.\u00a0 We did more cement work last night and cut steps into the pathway leading down to the woods. The flowers look riotous this year &#8211; tall, lanky, and just bursting with bees. And Japanese beetles. The weird cord stretched from my trellis goes back to a tree in the woods and we hung the Japanese beetle trap there. Yeah, yeah, I know; the University of Kentucky research says it attracts more beetles than it handles.\u00a0 My own experience bears out the use of the trap and it seems to help.\u00a0 That, and my trusty organic neem oil spray.\u00a0 They devoured one Sonia rose but leave the Blaze alone.\u00a0 Strange. Beetles with gourmet taste? Anyway, enjoy today&#8217;s stroll around the flower garden. 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