Saturday, July 20, 2013

Another Round Of Nasty Storms Some Damage

So after many days of hazy, hot and humid weather the heat wave finally broke with quite a bang.  We had another nasty storm.  As a matter of fact some places had a tornado and others had straight line wind damage (which is a baby tornado....the winds are there but not the funnel cloud).  I wasn't home at the time of the storm but I suspect that the high winds knocked over some of the stuff in my garden.  One of the corn stalks fell over and a tomato plant is now leaning.  I think with some string and a stick all should be ok.  One of the massive zucchini plants has tipped over as well.  I think that the tomato cage that is holding it up may have come loose.  I will go out this morning to assess the damage.

My brother and his family came over last night between storms for a visit and couldn't believe the size of my plants.  He planted a garden but a few weeks after mine.  He doesn't believe me that it will get a lot bigger now that the heat is not so bad.  The one thing you learn as a gardener is patience.  For everything else in my life, I am not a patient person.  I have learned that I have to be patient with my garden.  I cannot control what Mother Nature does or doesn't do out there.

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