Not a lot of time to visit in early August.  The new trees are doing well although the weeds around them are starting to get away on us.  But the summer so far has been hot and dry between the rains, I think the weeds are protecting these new trees.  They appear to be holding the moisture in the soil and helping them to thrive.  This is contrary to popular thought but I notice that the trees had become heat stressed after I had cut down the weeds in July.  They seem to be doing well now.  Mosquitoes and deer flys are still bad,  this should improve as August rolls on.  My Cecropia moth catterpillars that I released into the woods are doing well,  I even notice a Promethia moth cocoon freshly formed on one of the cherry trees where I released the Cecropia caterpillars.  A lot of monarch butterflies around along with some Giant and Tiger Swallowtails.

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