Today's News and Weather Report

[la_samtyr]

Yesterday, I potted my veggies -- since I am limited to container gardening -- and thought I did quite well getting tomatoes, squash, melons and an assortment of herbs and onions planted. I'd rather plant them in the ground but no-one around seems to have a tiller or anything like that, which is odd.

And then, last night, it rained. And rained, and rained... we must have gotten over a solid inch of rain. Yikes!

So today, I checked on the plants and discovered that they were just standing in water! All of my good dirt I had used was just a slurry of mud. Ugh! :( Apparently, the drain holes were clogged or something so I spent *today* re-potting them in older pots and trying to drill slightly larger holes in the containers.

I also indulged in eating at the new bar for lunch because I was just too tired, dirty and icky to deal with cooking a meal over the hottest part of the day. Besides, they have central air! Yay! (I just have a little window a/c.)


Tomorrow it is supposed to be more major storms out again, rather like the weather on Mother's Day. Also, tomorrow is the 34th anniversary of the Grand Island tornadoes, better known as "The Night of The Twisters." (And yes, they made a movie of it.)

You can Wiki it as "1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak"; here is a local link that should work if you remove the spaces.
http:// ntv.mlnwap.com/ article.html#!/ 100055/f3d2ca39292140c98143630f53114961

ETA: And another link from my FB page (this is one one of the main weather men who were working in GI 34 years ago) with lots of info if you're interested in that sort of thing:
https://www.facebook.com/ pages/The-Kent-Boughton-Fan-Page/ 371091790280

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I hate it when my pots get drowned like that.

I do hope you have a reasonably calm day/night.

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

I hope your plants survive the onslaught of rain. I hope the weather doesn't get any worse.