Texas Gardening: Hurricane Ike Landfall, 0 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Tracks, thanks for sympathy for my garden. Not many people would understand the loss! I finally got into the front yard and took some pictures. There were several roses blooming. They looked so odd juxtaposed against the devastation. I was hoping they would show up in the pictures more -- like a bit of hope. You can see a few dots of red in the front right and maybe a bit of the big pink Belinda's Dream.

I'm at a total loss as to what to do and that's making me depressed. The branches punched vertically through the plywood on the roof, but that branch is still attached to the tree. Then there is the problem of that cedar leaning against it. If I do anything, it might fall. How do you get professional tree trimmers after a hurricane? I can't even get my ladder out of the garage.