Grumpy Post

Sooooooooooooooo. Weather. What's the old adage? Something about not being able to change it? Basically meaning just deal with it?

I FINALLY got my lovely little Square Foot Garden planted. That's how i spent my birthday morning. My sister watched the kiddos whilst i planted. It was great. I was happy to see my many tomato, pepper and strawberry plants. I drove around town to find broccoli plants. I planted a couple of the seedlings i started (but most were long dead since it took so long for the warm weather to arrive before transplanting them). Got some herbs. I have squares for my seeds too (like squash, cukes, beans and radishes). I've also been planting away all over the yard. Grasses and cotoneasters, perennial flowers and all.

Welp. Yesterday we got a crazy hailstorm like none other i've seen. Torrential downpour of HAIL. Hail has long been a Very Bad Word in our house due to hail damage on the first new car Doug and I bought together.

OBLITERATED my garden. And many of my pretty little flowers. i'm in an uber-bad-mood over it today.

The only good thing about it was the aftermath. Fiona and Bode went outside with cups and spoons and filled up their cups twice and ate the stuff. Bode kept calling it "cotton balls." Man, i wish!