Northeast Gardening: What's Growing - Part 11 -Fall's Upon Us!, 1 by nap

nap wrote:
Here I am. It's been an ordeal. Our power finally got turned back on late this afternoon. That's five and a half days. The worst part was baling the basement. For two straight days and nights, while all that snow melted. I could write a book on the whole experience, but not tonight. I made a few collages so I could show you more pictures.

First, this is what we woke up to Friday morning. We spent the morning plowing and trying to save the trees that hadn't broken. The reason the tree branches broke is that the leaves had not fallen yet. There was more surface for it to stick to. It's heartbreaking to see so many broken limbs.

Then we had to start baling out the basement. Tens of thousands of pounds of water over the next two days. Setting the kitchen timer for one hour, catching about 45 minutes of sleep at a time, all night long, working by candlelight.

More to come...

(edit...I don't know why the picture didn't send properly, but you get the idea)

This message was edited Oct 18, 2006 11:16 PM