tragedy and triumph

I sadly neglected my pretty little yellow rose bush this year. I have in the past sprayed it at the first sign of june beetles and it bloomed for many months. But this year I noticed that a few leaves had been munched and I was all out of spray and kept forgetting to pick it up. Two days later, nearly every leaf was gone. It only put out about 4 or 5 blooms and was done. Next year I promise to do better I will spray early and often and give it lots of rose food.

On the upside our potted tomato plants are doing fantastic this year. Thank goodness for Miracle-Gro tomato plant food. It really helped stave off blossom end rot last year as well.