Could Be Worse
Hey , Those Are Nice Plants Blizz

Well Done Thus Far. Apart From The Rain Which Has Plastered Our Penninsula I'm Only Finding The Dreaded White Cabbage Moth/ Butterfly To Be A Problem With Their Super Fast Caterpillar Larvae ( Notice Little Holes)
I'm Struggling Wether To Give All The Outdoor Plants A Good Foliar Drenching Using
Dithane +
Another Option I've Considered Is Removing The Lower Branching . But Then I Have Open Wounds That Could Let In Disease ( In B.C This Problem Can Easily Be Solved By Using Dap From The Fir Tree . Actually There Are A Few Douglas Firs In Scotland

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If You Cannot Find A Pool Of Sap Between Two Branches , Then Scrape Off Any Visible Dry Sap. It Will Melt Down Like Shoe Polish And Wiped Across The Severed Stalks Will Seal Off And Harden , Protecting The Plant

Commercial Nurseries Use Wax , Origin Unknown.
Your Pheasant Hole Pales To The Barrel Of Rum I Fell Into Last Week. One Minute I Was Looking At My Fuschia , The Next Second The Ground Gave Way And Swallowed Me Right Up To My Balls

I Have Now Adopted A Feeble John Wayne Wobble And Have DOUBLED My Pain Meds Until Sir Gonad Decides To Settle Down

The Rum Barrel Had Been There For Hundreds Of Years Apparently.
It Could Have Been A Kid Though , That Was My Main Worry And Concern
Anyways , Can Still Type And Take Images
Joe King Ball
P.S In The Last Five Years The Summers Have Got Continually Worse. Seems Summer Up Here Is Best In April , May , And June