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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 12, 2015 15:34:22 GMT -5
I went out with some friends for a special lunch and when I came home my set of shelves and all the seedlings were tipped over and in shambles. It was nearly upside down including one of the chairs next to it. It is such a mess, 95% is unrecoverable. I tried to gather some of it and I cannot tell which plants are which variety. I have been deflated. I want to cry. I am angry with my God at the moment for I feel I have been very careful to make sure that didn't happen and I was gone for 4 hours and the winds came up strong enough to topple the plants. He let this happen.
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Post by lisaann on May 12, 2015 15:50:20 GMT -5
Dang Pea,
The wind is starting to get up here to, bringing in much cooler air.
I got home and my milk jugs were in the neighbor's yard.
That wind is going to dry out already dry ground around here. Last gust 22 mph.
Everything but the jugs seem okay here at the moment.
Maple helicopters are are like snow out there. I hate it.
Well pea, a trip to the nursery, will have to be made. Make a list and go shopping.
I feel just sick for you. I was mad for 2 days when hubby stomped a dahlia and I stomped an onion.
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Post by brownrexx on May 12, 2015 16:17:38 GMT -5
Oh Pea, I am so sorry to hear that and you were so careful to tie the shelf down too. Darn, I just hate when stuff like that happens.
You said unrecoverable but do you just mean that you don't know which variety the plants are? Can you replant and bring them back to health? At least you would have your seedlings even if you don't know their exact pedigree.
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Post by datgirl on May 12, 2015 17:05:46 GMT -5
Pea, that's so sad. I feel for you.
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Post by desertwoman on May 12, 2015 18:12:00 GMT -5
Oh no! I'd be crying, for sure. You've been so diligent. That makes you and Claude with a similar story.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 12, 2015 18:57:45 GMT -5
A very large part of me wants to give up for the season. The effort put forth for nearly 3 months has been in vain. I hope tomorrow I will feel differently. I WAS diligent. I was only going to be gone for 4 hours. And I slipped up...It has been so nice that I got lacksadaisical and left one of the chairs disconnected...but we have had no wind!! until I was gone!!!
My stomach is hurting...
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Post by lisaann on May 12, 2015 19:11:24 GMT -5
Pea,
$hit, this ain't nothing..........Think of the people that had tornados wipe out their whole house and land...........They won't just say, well I am done, I will live in the gutter from now on.
Clean up the stuff and go to the store and say:
Hah! Thought I wasn't tough! But I am! Kiss my butt!
I am starting a garden this weekend! And It will be even better!
I am hugging you Pea! I am hugging you tight!
This is not a set back...........This is you getting down to business, and chalking it up to been there, done that.
And you will teach, from your experience.
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Post by desertwoman on May 12, 2015 19:20:38 GMT -5
Nothing is in vain. Think of all you learned, think of all the pleasure you were getting from nurturing those starts.
And think of how fortunate we are to live in a time when we won't starve to death because we lost our seedling crops. We can go to the nursery and find starts for so many wonderful plants. Maybe even something you've not tried before. Or post on free cycle and ask if anyone has some starts they can pass on to you.
But in the mean time, curse and swear and dance all the boogies out of you tonight. Tomorrow is another day.
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Post by datgirl on May 12, 2015 19:56:25 GMT -5
You'll feel better in the morning. We all have bad things happen to our gardens. One year rabbits got in and nipped all but about 5 tomato plants. Just left the tops laying there next to the plant. One year raccoons pulled up a bunch of plants because I put bonemeal in the hole first. I was pretty upset so I know how you feel.
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Post by octave on May 12, 2015 19:59:10 GMT -5
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Post by Latitude33 on May 12, 2015 20:03:02 GMT -5
So sorry. Season isn't over for you yet. Do what you with what you have and it will be amazing. In the meantime, swing by the Tiki Bar for a Margarita
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Post by ahntjudy on May 12, 2015 21:05:53 GMT -5
Pea, you are a gardener. You are not going to give up over this. You have not been singled out for a catastrophe. Just be mad right now... And then go on. Take in some deep cleansing breaths… Think positively... Make some new plans… And start over, Just differently. Love Judy ~~~ As an afterthought, pea, you know what I would do? I'd gather any plant possibly salvageable and plant a 'mystery garden' somewhere... And just see what comes up!
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 12, 2015 21:27:27 GMT -5
Pea, you have my sympathy as well. It must really be devastating to have put in so much work only to find that winds have destroyed it.
But some really good points have been made here. I was thinking of how much pleasure you took in the work you've done so far. Perhaps you could view the disaster not so much as that, but rather as an opportunity to double your pleasure (remember that chewing gum commercial??) as you start anew.
Sure, it's kind of late for indoor starting, but you can now direct seed, or even start plants for a fall garden.
I'm guessing most of us have had some disaster or other and been depressed. Perhaps it's part of gardening that we aren't immune from big setbacks. But think of how much worse it could be - you could have lost your house. As I think of the thousands of people in Nepal, I'm just thankful now that I have what I have. That's not meant to be preachy or critical. It's just always been something I've thought of when things seem really bad and I start getting depressed: it could always be worse.
Have a big cup of hot chocolate, some other kind of chocolate, or just pamper yourself tonight. As Scarlett O'Hara said, "tomorrow is another day!"
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Post by Mumsey on May 13, 2015 3:08:24 GMT -5
Pea, I'm so sorry! Plant what you have and can salvage, fill in with purchased seedlings. It will be the best garden you ever had! Some haphazard designs turn out to be the best!
There is a silver lining in this!
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Post by octave on May 13, 2015 8:02:23 GMT -5
Pea this is what a "little" wind did to our other property yesterday. The tree wasn't even ours, but the fence is. Attachment Deleted
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