what a week we had!!! it was an amazing amount of work to pull off the field day event and it couldn't have been any hotter! we were horrified to discover the reemergence of an old nemesis-southern blight. it has turned up in two plants in the rain garden. we quickly removed them and we hope that we have caught it all because it has the potential to wipe out all of the plants in the rain garden.
a wilted plant in the rain garden gave way to suspicion; the soil in the rain garden was not dry since we have had ample rain. closer inspection revealed mycelium around the base of the plant.
further investigation revealed the tell tale signs-a cluster of what looked like mustard seeds around the base of the stem. the fungal disease is spread by water so you can imagine how upset we all were to learn that we could lose every plant in the rain garden if we cannot stop it from spreading.
those crazy moles, they are everywhere in the demo garden. 
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