4/15/11
Torrential rain, strong winds, hail, and the ever-present threat of tornado’s... this is the springtime welcome of ‘Green Country’.
If my plants and I make it through spring, we just might survive ‘til harvest.
After rushing home last night to ensure I wouldn’t get swept up in the spring storm, I briefly glanced at the containers on our back deck an didn’t think of them again, until my husband asked if we needed to bring them in; I took another look out the French doors, saw the heavy rain and hailstones and decided that they’d better toughen up…’cause I wasn’t about to go out and save them in that kind of weather…I don’t suppose I’d make a good full-time farmer.
4/18/11
I’ve taken a decidedly low-maintenance approach to my container garden.
1st. I’ve skipped watering (the abundance of spring rain has done enough)
2nd. The potting soil came with a fertilizer element so I nixed that step.
3rd. I periodically glance out the French door out back to ensure the wind hasn’t uprooted them- maybe I’ll re-pot them when they grow just a bit bigger…
5/1/11
Well, after two weeks of on again off again rain I thought for a moment that I had made it through the woods; however, today just might have done them in.
My basil and cucumber vines look as though they’ve been flooded into oblivion and no amount of sunlight will dry out the water that is drowning my vegetables…and there isn’t anything I can do.
Daddy could make tomato’s, one of the most fickle plants in existence, grow in a gravel pit and flourish without doing much of anything…I allow my plants to drown, maybe my focus isn’t as sharp as I thought. We’ll see if the coming week brings sun enough to make up for the rain…otherwise, I’ll be replanting quite soon.
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