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Post by brownrexx on May 13, 2015 8:06:46 GMT -5
A very large part of me wants to give up for the season. NO WAY! Just think how depressing the summer would be without a garden! Put that shelf out for trash pick-up!
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 13, 2015 9:15:04 GMT -5
Octave, that's your chain link fence? WOW! That must have been quite frightening when it came down. I hope no one was near the tree when it fell?? ...and that everyone's safe??
Are you responsible for cutting it up or will the neighbor be doing that?
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 13, 2015 10:07:04 GMT -5
Had a hard time sleeping last night. and Though I am still in a funk, all of you are right... I know...I was outside at 5:00 this morning working on salvaging. I see some things have survived but I won't know what variety they are...there are a few peppers and tomatoes. I am going to put them in the ground tomorrow with the milk jug greenhouses.
I certainly didn't mean to minimize what horrible things are going on in the world. I am not even close to the devastation around the globe. But it was my little world and I am still a little numb.
Octave, wow!I pray everyone is okay. I was afraid my trees were gonna do that to my neighbors so I have taken some trees down here. And the roots of one was starting to break up their driveway as well.
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Post by canadiyank on May 13, 2015 10:51:43 GMT -5
((pea)) I am so sorry! Glad you are back out there.
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Post by James on May 13, 2015 11:35:17 GMT -5
Yes, Ol' Ma Nature, can slip us a curved ball now and then. Salvage what you can of it, and plant a little seed. Its not too late. I am sure you will have a great garden. The thing we must never forget is to be thankful for all that we do have.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 13, 2015 13:04:08 GMT -5
Pea, I hope I didn't make you feel uncomfortable or ungrateful with my remarks on the disasters around the world - it was just my way of sharing how I rationalize the severity of my own circumstances and help to keep some sense of balance when I feel overwhelmed.
Last year during a high wind event a large branch (about 15" in diameter and about 30' long) broke off from a cottonwood tree on the abandoned property next door. It clipped another branch on its way down and the 2 branches fell on my property. It missed my garage by about 5 feet.
Because it didn't hit a structure, my homeowners insurance carrier didn't consider it a covered loss. I had no idea how I was going to get rid of the darned thing w/o a chain saw. Even if I had one, it was an expense I couldn't have afforded, and I'm not really all that comfortable using a chain saw anyway, if I could even get it started with a bum pulling arm.
Fortunately the code enforcement guy came through and had it cleaned up because the abandoned property was being taken care of the city. But if he hadn't, it would have been my responsibility, and I certainly didn't have the money to clean up that mess. I had to think "it could be worse" several times until the whole thing was resolved.
Maybe you can kind of think that this year you'll be planting a surprise garden - you'll be surprised when you find out what you still have that the wind didn't blow over!
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Post by gakaren on May 13, 2015 13:13:06 GMT -5
Pea, sorry this happened to you! But a positive attitude will make it all work out in the end. If I hadn't already given away all the starts I had left over, I'd mail you some.
I sent some to my son in Va., both tomato & peppers and he said they arrived in very good condition.
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Post by octave on May 13, 2015 14:03:48 GMT -5
Yes the chainlink fence is mine. Noone was there when the tree fell, but everybody was aware of the tree's precarious conditions.
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Post by tbird on May 13, 2015 15:37:27 GMT -5
sorry to hear of the disaster! But! You just have to keep going!
I remember the year all my starts were out on table getting sun, and I thought a bit of rain would do them good. Then - I hear the pounding and I tried to run out and save them from the hail but it was too painful and I turned back, watching out the door as they all got shredded.
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and buy whatever starts you need.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 13, 2015 16:09:26 GMT -5
No, No, SR, not at all...besides, I needed a scolding...hahaha...kidding...reality check...you were helping me get some grounding along with everyone else....np
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Post by Mumsey on May 14, 2015 3:06:26 GMT -5
You go Pea! Your garden will be great!
Octave, wow, that's a big tree. Our neighbors behind us just cut down 2 giant pine trees, glad for this. They would have destroyed our back yard if they ever fell.
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Post by ncgarden on May 14, 2015 8:36:40 GMT -5
Pea - think how much fun you will have cruising the farmer's market for fresh produce this year, no guilt attached because you have a legitimate excuse!!
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Post by octave on May 14, 2015 10:16:14 GMT -5
The tree is still there, of course, waiting for the insurance adjuster. We had to measure it: the circumference was over 7 ft, and the hight (which is not actual because the top branches broke off on impact) was 50+ ft. I will never know if it made a sound when it fell, since there was no one there to hear it. ;)
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Post by Mumsey on May 15, 2015 3:48:41 GMT -5
It made a sound! It sounded just like the ones neighbors cut down last fall (prior to the current ones they just cut.) We also felt the house shudder, like when you get a very loud thunder nearby.
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Post by octave on May 15, 2015 7:54:35 GMT -5
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