The Damage
Hurricane Irene turned out not to be a very big deal for us. The power flickered maybe 3 times but stayed on; the cable went out for a couple hours on Sunday and again this morning. During the storm, Kirk had to run outside during a break in the rain (yes, we had breaks in the rain here on the North Shore) to stake one of our peach tree that had developed a worrisome Torre di Pisa quality to it.
The only thing we had lying about to use as a stake was this bamboo pole. It is one of several leftovers that were part of privacy fence sections we used in the Red House. I really like the way it looks, and am now wondering if they will be strong enough for permanent use.
Today (as you can see in the photos) is just gorgeous, and when I went out into the brilliant blue and sunshine, this is what I found in the garden:
Some maple leaves blew onto the patio and into the garden beds. And …
A branch came down. This is a four-foot path, so that should give you an idea of just how not big this is.
And that's about it. We'll have to pick up lots of little branches and leaves out of the garden beds and lawn this week as we go about regular weeding and thinning and cabbage looper squishing. I think the wind did a number on some of our cabbages, though. They were all blown sideways, and since they aren't very big yet, it put some strain on their little seedling stems:
The one on the left is cabbage and the one on the right is broccoli. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but they are both lying down in the dirt. I'm not sure if their stems were broken in the wind or if they will survive...some definitely look better than others, so we'll see which ones get back up off the ground again.
Here's a bok choy that is definitely broken--its leaves are already shriveling in today's sun (which you can see clearly compared to the good leaf at the far right of the frame). Looking out the window yesterday during the storm, I though all of these were goners, but no:
These are starting to form nice heads, and don't seems any the worse for wear. If anything, a lot of our greens really soaked up all that rain and are noticeably bigger than they were on Saturday.
And that was Hurricane Irene for us: a whole lot of nothing much.
The only thing we had lying about to use as a stake was this bamboo pole. It is one of several leftovers that were part of privacy fence sections we used in the Red House. I really like the way it looks, and am now wondering if they will be strong enough for permanent use.
Today (as you can see in the photos) is just gorgeous, and when I went out into the brilliant blue and sunshine, this is what I found in the garden:
Some maple leaves blew onto the patio and into the garden beds. And …
A branch came down. This is a four-foot path, so that should give you an idea of just how not big this is.
And that's about it. We'll have to pick up lots of little branches and leaves out of the garden beds and lawn this week as we go about regular weeding and thinning and cabbage looper squishing. I think the wind did a number on some of our cabbages, though. They were all blown sideways, and since they aren't very big yet, it put some strain on their little seedling stems:
The one on the left is cabbage and the one on the right is broccoli. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but they are both lying down in the dirt. I'm not sure if their stems were broken in the wind or if they will survive...some definitely look better than others, so we'll see which ones get back up off the ground again.
Here's a bok choy that is definitely broken--its leaves are already shriveling in today's sun (which you can see clearly compared to the good leaf at the far right of the frame). Looking out the window yesterday during the storm, I though all of these were goners, but no:
These are starting to form nice heads, and don't seems any the worse for wear. If anything, a lot of our greens really soaked up all that rain and are noticeably bigger than they were on Saturday.
And that was Hurricane Irene for us: a whole lot of nothing much.
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