The Japanese Beetles have arrived with a vengeance. The evening routine is to pick them off the grape and raspberry and drop them into detergent water.

The orange daylily are at their peak. The other daylily have just started.

Weeds are everywhere. I nearly all parts of gardening except weeding. So parts of my garden look a fright.The photo below is NOT how your asparagus patch should look. Since this picture was taken I have done some weeding.

The Catalpa is just beginning to drop its flowers. Again this year it was covered.

Foxglove are providing some color in the gardens.

The summer mowing regime of "just around the edges" continues. Some of the longer grasses are going to seed but the wild strawberries are good.

You may want to check out a website called at www.greenspaces.org and look at some of the ideas they have for managing your yard with minimal impact on the environment.