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| Rob and the garden before it got big |
I wish you’d been a fly on the wall last night when the big
windstorm blew in! Rob was pretty hilarious! Talk about rage against the
machine, he was cursing the heavens and Mother Nature something fierce. You see, our corn has gotten over 8 feet tall
now and we have to be very protective of it.
We’ve got tarps surrounding the fences on two sides to keep the wind
from damaging it too much. This year, we
were very diligent and got the tarps up early, in anticipation of wind, which
usually ends up with us having to tie each individual corn stalk to the next
after it’s been blown into a mess on the ground. We thought we were really clever this year.
So, last night, we got one of those storms that started bending trees almost
sideways. Rob started running from one window to the next, checking to see if
things were holding and spouting all kinds of things that I won’t repeat
here. It was quite a scene to behold!
I’m happy to say, though, this morning, I got up and went
out to look and the corn is intact and we got a decent amount of rain out of
the whole ordeal. To top it off, I got an evening’s entertainment, courtesy of
my ultimately pessimistic husband, to carry me through. I don’t mean to belittle his fears, but there’s
not a whole lot to be done when Mother Nature decides to do something,
right? Ya just gotta laugh. But, the garden is his baby and he puts so
much works into it. He has the added
pressure with the corn, too, because he has promised a bunch of it to a friend
of ours, in trade, for firewood. The
firewood is already sitting out back and our friend is just waiting for his
corn when it comes in. Rob acts like he has a made a promise to a bookie that
will cut off his legs, though. Oh, and the rest of the garden is doing just
fine, as well. We have so many healthy tomato plants and various squash plants
that we may actually have to get a booth at the farmer’s market when it all is
ready to harvest! Even our carrots are growing like they are on steroids this
year.
This morning, it’s still overcast and there’s a pretty
healthy wind but nothing like last night. Thistle is sitting out back with her
head into the wind, soaking in all the smells.
She looks like one of the sphinxes in Egypt out there right now. I bet she can smell dogs from all over with
that wind! The only damage I can see
from my office window is that the wind did a little bending on our massive
hollyhocks out front, but that can be remedied easily with a few stakes to prop
them back up.
We’ll be very busy for the rest of the week getting ready
for Crazy days here in town. That marks the beginning of our Fair and Rodeo
here in Buffalo .
On Friday, the stores here in town have massive sidewalk sales and we have a
big dance in Prosinski
Park
Well, I hear the mighty wind fighter has awakened so I
better get my rear in gear. I hope you
find humor in the little things in your life, as well. Life’s just too short to be a grump. Get out
there and make someone smile today, even if it’s at your own expense.
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