This is the first year the squirrels have not used my sunflowers as a ladder into my vegetable garden. The sunflowers are blooming their little hearts out, but they got knocked over during a storm and now they stems bend down and back up and the plants are only a couple of feet tall. I only get to see them when I'm in the back of my vegetable garden. As much as I enjoy having a secret garden, I want to enjoy them when I'm not tying up tomatoes. So as hard as it is for me to cut flowers out of my garden, I'm considering it serendipity and bringing them into the house. Lovely.
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here in southeastern ohio, the storm knocked out power for days! last year the storms ripped up my sunflowers, and i just didnt have the heart to try them again. so far my tree lillies are standing straight and tall, and blooming. the tomatos love the heat, and we’ve had some rain, so we have been more fortunate than some, oh well, maybe next year!
My heart went out to everyone who lost power in that awful heat. I would have loved the rain, but I don’t like the price you had to pay.
Thank God for next year.
If everything went right in the garden, it wouldn’t feel so rewarding.