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You survived the storm the other night? Whew, it was a doozie here. Thought I was going to see the SS Minnow float by as we had no phone, no lights, no tv, and no internet for a day or two. I had just put in the last of the seeds and put out my tomatoes and peppers the day before. Why didn't you tell me not to?!?! Just came in a few minutes ago and some of them aren't going to make it after being beaten down. Thankfully, I have 4 extra tomatoes so will wait and see which ones they'll have to replace. I won't know about the seeds for a couple weeks but am sure those will have to be resown because garden soil was washed out. Blah!

The new glads are tall and happy but the lilies are just the same as when they were planted several weeks ago. The caladiums still haven't come up so wondering about them.

Hubby is in the dog house for chopping down my grapes after I told him not to touch them. He has a bad habit of doing that. He also mowed through the garlic but I kept my mouth shut on that. Doesn't do any good to tell him. Had to run out and dig up some unknown bulbs before the lawn mower got to them. Just threw them in a big clump in a hole inside the safety of the garden fence so maybe one day I'll find out what they are.

He did do good the evening of the storm by killing a big rattlesnake on the back porch. I'd found a little snake in the garden that morning but thankfully it was already dead or I'd still be running. Ugh, snakes!

Holy cow, a rattlesnake? Ugh - I'm so sick of people who think snakes are so wonderful (a whole other story in my life).... Well I am sorry for your washed out garden. Although we had hard rain (several inches) and wind, the storm really wasn't that horrible here. I feared my little lettuce seeds were going to be washed out but everything survived just fine. I was shocked at that to be honest.

And I have to say I laughed when I read that your husband was chopping down grape vines. I planted some blueberry plants a few years ago and after several times of my husband weed whacking them to nothing I got mad and just pulled up the almost dead roots. Now I see that is a common issue with me. ;^)