Twenty minutes later

It seems inappropriate to complain about our wet summer when so many places all over the country are suffering from drought. Yesterday's storms added another .87" of rain in three separate downpours. The one pictured in the previous post lasted only 20 minutes but was scary. When the wind comes up so fast and it gets that dark in the daytime, it sends us listening for the tornado sirens. Luckily its bark was worse than its bite this time. 

This is what the garden looked like 20 minutes later. Sun was back out but it was still raining a bit. Only one large branch down and it landed on a path. 

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

Very good.
I think gardeners can't help but whine about the weather. At least I will give you a pass on that.

[Beth @ PlantPostings]

That was a wicked storm! Sounds like you didn't have much/any hail? We had some tiny hail, but not like in Middleton and Verona--yikes! But the wind was awful! A few branches down here, but fortunately, not much damage. I hope the next few days won't be too bad. Stay safe!

[Linda from Each Little World]

​Beth — We had hail but not damaging. We had to have our roof replaced maybe 6-8 years ago after a bad hail storm. No water in the basement either. So not as bad as it looked like it was going to be. But I am getting tired of rain. I had hoped to get a lot done in the garden this month and it hasn't happened.

[Jason]

I do complain about the rain, but then I also complain about how fast the soil tends to dry out.

[Peter/Outlaw]

Whew!