Wow 2,000! I have a hard time keeping up with the little over a hundred that I have. You have a lot more energy than me for sure!
I know what you mean about the deer. Our next door neighbor feeds them, so after they're done there, they come here. We had a little lull in our snow storm last night and by this morning it looked like a herd had gone through every garden and dug at the plants!
I have explained why I'm not happy about him feeding the deer there but he likes to watch them so he's still feeding them.
I thought the phlox were really nice this year, especially the variegated ones.
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