Awww no!
We’ve had crazy nasty winds here recently (no, actual weather, don’t be rude).
According to the news (but who can trust the news?) the winds reached up to 120kms an hour, or about 74 miles an hour for you USA folk. Or about 65 knots for you knotty nautical types.
In any measurement, it was enough to lift roofs off houses in nearby suburbs. Luckily, we suffered no damage, though I did spend Tuesday night awake through fear that the windows were about to bust inwards, or the tiles were about to come off the roof.
The garbage bins did blow over though, and my watering can went on a little adventure around the yard and then made a wonderful effort to get out onto the street and head for freedom.
The only real problem we suffered: MY PLANTS!! My poor, poor plants.
I’ve been out in the yard for day after day, preparing garden beds and planting little seeds. I watered the little seedlings that popped up, mulched with care.
And now, now they’re looking pretty the worse for wear.
I don’t, for instance, think my basil is going to recover (some of it isn’t even dead, it’s actually missing). And the passionfruit vine that had just begun winding its way up the arch I got for it is hanging limp, leaves in tatters.
I don’t know if it will pull through either.
My chives and oregano look pretty beaten up, but I suspect they’ll be ok. I HOPE they’ll be ok.
I’m disappointed.
I’ve put in so much work, and now they’ve copped such a beating.
Frustrating!
Tags: Brown Thumbs, Home, plants, weather
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They’ll pick up – just give them water and straighten them up and they will be fine.