At the top is a photo I was going to share, but didn’t get around to writing the post. You can see my nice juniper, and the little plantings curving around it. I did have my hydrangea protected, since I know deer like to eat them. But I never thought I’d have a male deer tearing my trees apart with its antlers. The Rose of Sharon I talked about a couple of posts ago, that I’m trying to tree form, got attacked too. I think both will survive, since they’re both mature and have good root systems, but I may have to grow the Rose of Sharon as a shrub, or take a long time to get a leader back. The juniper, too, still has healthy growth down below, but it was such a nice tree. I think the drought has made the deer more destructive this year, and they’re ranging farther for food and water. I would thank them not to treat my yard as a territory for marking, though. 😐