Overnight we went from this:
To this:
all because of this:
in the hands of this:
When I spotted ant holes on the leaves of my young sunflower plants my superguy came to the rescue. Unfortunately he only read on the can, "kills ants."
The moral to this sad story is ~ Read all of the information. If it says "do not use on or near plants... DON'T!"
Blessings, Debbie
Blessings, Debbie
Oh how sad :( I hope you can start more seeds!! And hide that can !
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. How heart breaking! Do you still have time to plant more?
ReplyDeleteBummer:@(
ReplyDeleteOh my, it's a good thing you love him so! Bless his heart, he was trying. Start some new plants, quick!
ReplyDeleteOH, NOOOOOOO! That is so sad. Sometimes we feel like no good deeds go unpunished. Bless your husband's heart.
ReplyDeleteTime to plant some new ones! blessings ~ Tanna
Grrrr. Ants. They are in my sunflower garden, too. What to do? Ant dust? I hate poisons, but my husband doesn't. He's killed his beloved grass with a spray can in hand! More will grow, Debbie! Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteSigh - ah well...xxx
ReplyDeleteOh dear! :(
ReplyDeleteSorry about that!
Don't scare me like that...
ReplyDeleteSo glad it wasn't something furry or feathered that died suddenly.
Hope it at least got the ants gone, too!
Here's to second chances...plant again.
Oh gee, poor things. Time to replant. :)One thing about sunflowers they are so easy to grow.
ReplyDeleteI did not know stuff would do that to plants. I will make sure I read the label.
There is still time to plant more.
ReplyDeleteThe other day my husband was helping me weed my garden and pulled up one of my pepper plants (thought it was a large weed) He knew something was amiss when I said, in a not so calm voice, NOOOO. He quickly replanted and all seems well. All because he was just trying to help.
You are tooooooooo funny....always a good smile or wisdom found here...today both!
ReplyDeleteOh my!!!
I hope you can get another set growing! And I agree--hide that can! :)
ReplyDeleteNow, how could a sweet face like that do anything wrong?
ReplyDeletelove the picture story, and your husband still smiling...sorry for you and the plants though!
ReplyDeleteOooooh, so sad! How bad we have to learn from mistakes so often, But you and hubby kept good humour, whish makes everything much better always!
ReplyDeleteOh no! Kind of creepy if you think about it. Don't get it on you! Ben did that to our mint once... But with highly concentrated Miracle Grow. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteWhoops. funny but sad. B
ReplyDeleteGotta love those helpful husbands! It seems that ant killer kills everything but ants. We once had a dog that ate one of those little ant traps, he almost died from it, but the ants never disappeared.
ReplyDeleteOh oh...his bad! My husband once tilled up 50 of my strawberry plants! ;/
ReplyDeleteHis intentions were good though, Debbie.....:(
ReplyDeletexo,
oh that's (kind of) funny! sorry!
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. i really appreciate it! God bless you and yours!!!
Reminds me of the time my hubby thinking he was helping me ...when he weeded the side yard...Yeah...wildflowers look like weeds:( could be why it took 3 years for the rest of wildflowers to grow and bloom...God help them they are from Mars! LOL
ReplyDelete~~PEACE~~
I am sooooooooooooooo sorry. (((HUGS))) Yes, reading ALL the instructions are important. We all learn more from our mistakes than our successes and I am sure you all will read ALL the instructions from now on...no matter what it is. [o;
ReplyDeleteBlessings and ((HUGS))
-Mary
Why is it that men love to wield a good poison? Especially if it is in the name of ant killing?
ReplyDeleteOOops!! :( Atleast he tried to help, you have to give him credit for that! :)
ReplyDeleteHave a good day!! :)
xoxo...Gloria
Poor poor sunflowers. You will just have to replant. Lessons learned are not always easy to take.
ReplyDeleteAnn - Tin and Sparkle and Not Accidentally
O my - but I can't not help but giggle - because I've seen this happened before -- in my own garden years ago -- wink!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I bet hubby is hiding his head in shame!
ReplyDeleteOh well....start again. Maa
Oops! I know his heart was in the right place! :-)
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question...no, we did not grow the fruit.We have a very shady yard...not good for fruit trees or berry bushes. The blueberries are
$6/gal if you pick your own at the Berry Farm. Strawberries are about the same. I bought those at the grocery store for $2/pint. Peaches are $12/bushel. We live in the middle of peach country, so they are always abundant. This year, because of the dry weather, they are smaller...but my, my they are sweet! :-)
The question remains, did he succeeded in killing the ants in the process? Your hubby now knows not to do it again. There is still time to plant sunflowers seeds. Good luck the second time around. JB
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Did you feed him supper? How discouraging. He'd better go get you some plants at the nursery about that size and plant them stat.
ReplyDeleteOh I had to laugh, because this is something my hubby would do!! Clarice
ReplyDeleteOh no! Do you still have time to replant? I hope so!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Deborah
Oh! This is both terribly sad AND outrageously funny. Really very funny.
ReplyDeleteStill chuckling...
What a shame.
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