Not Exactly a Green Thumb
Last spring I planted a garden. However, I planted it very late in the season, and unfortunately the plants never got bigger than what you see below. So, this fall I thought I'd try again. They came up pretty good, and I was excited. Then we had the never ending summer, and about half of them withered and died in the heat. I replanted those and kept watering and hoping the others would make it through.
The heat spell broke, and all seemed well . . . until this afternoon. We got a rainstorm, then the wind started picking up, then the hail came. When all was said and done, not much was left of my little garden.
Actually, we got off pretty lucky. I lost most of my plants in my garden, and the mesquite in my backyard is bowed over, but many got it worse.
On the way to pick kids up from school, there were a ton of trees, even big ones, that were uprooted, and had branches broken off. I had to wait a few minutes for a bulldozer (At least that's what I think it was. I haven't been watching Bob the Builder lately.) to clear some big limbs from a fallen tree off of the road. Some of my neighbors have broken windows from the hail, fallen and shattered roof tiles, leaky roofs.
So, I feel pretty lucky all in all. But, I still hope I can get some produce from my garden this season!
