flyfisher51's Blog

Got back from beach last night to violent thunderstorm warnings. Checked Weather.com and their radar and they showed a large front that stretched from Scranton to Lancaster across PA. There was a large orange section within the green that meant heavy rain and hail. The front was 11 miles away so I decided to get my shower in case we lost power. I dawdled to long in the shower and got out during the time we were to get clobbered. It was raining lightly with thunder and lightning all around us. I rechecked the radar map and through time lapse watched the heavy rainfall section collapse as it approached my house. It opened up like the Red Sea and went around us. It continued to rain lightly for about an hour but was not enough to keep the gardens from needing water today.

Went outside to feed the critters at 5:20 am this morning and spooked Bambi. Checked around the Bird Feeder to find the grass grazed down to the dirt. He apparently was eating the grass to get the seed that accumulates there. I got out the repellant and sprayed the back and west side garden and around the feeder base. While checking the west side garden today I noticed a Gazania Plant had been eaten down to about an inch of growth. This could have been the rabbit and I didn’t notice it before. This afternoon while watering the east garden my wife noticed that the Daylilies had been eaten. The deer ate all the flowers, did not leave one. There were close to a hundred. I will spray there tonight, perhaps we will still get some flowers.

On a positive note!!  I picked four tomatoes today and have over a dozen zucchini that I can see. I will be able to pick at least half of these this week. I still can count only one spaghetti squash but they tend to flourish into October, I am not worried.

My Lavender has gone to the Big Herb Garden in the Sky.  It is a shriveled remnant of its former self and it did not recover after being transplanted.

Happy Gardening.