I went outside with trepidation a few minutes ago to see what was left after the wave after wave of hard storms we had yesterday and throughout the evening. I noticed hail hitting the dining area window a couple of times and feared my new tomato plants and veggie garden would be beaten to death. As you can see from the photo above, the tomato plants in this planter are fine! Hooray!!!!!
This is the second planter for tomatoes. This one is more sheltered than the other, but nothing will help when hail is coming down. I was really relieved to see all the sweet tomato plants are still doing well.
I walked to the other end of our property where our raised bed square foot garden is. I could tell the water came up high on the plants before draining out, but nothing seems to be broken or beaten down.
This shows you some of the head lettuce and the red onions.
A couple of spinach plants, but mainly head lettuce.
And the spinach. As you can see, the plants were almost covered with water and soil by the storm, but then the drainage did it’s job.
We seem to be due for more storms tomorrow, but we have dodged another bullet, and I’m grinning from ear to ear.
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