Preemptive attack

Ever heard the phrase "flushing money down the toilet?" Well, here's a new one, "pouring money into the ground." Okay, so it doesn't have the same ring, but it has the same financial pain. Last fall we found out that our hemlocks in our backyard are slowly being killed by Adelgid's. So, we are fighting back. What's worse, I researched them and they are native of Asia! It's like a civil war in our backyard! But hey, war is war, so we talked with the local Gardening Center and found that we could save the trees using Bayer Tree & Shrub Insect Control. Sounded like it was worth a shot, so I purchased enough for all of our hemlocks. 75 buckaroos and it took me all of ten minutes to dig holes around the tree roots and pour this stuff into them. So that's $7.50 per minute. 10 minutes and our first battle with the feared Adelgid's was over. And worse, I don't know who is going to win. Money may not grow on trees, but I hope it may help trees grow!

You don't look like $75 worth of goods

Close up shots of the mighty Adelgids (the white bastards on the tree limbs)