Desperate times call for desperate measures...

And you can just laugh if you want to but I really want my clematis to survive the summer! I bought white kid umbrellas, butterfly and flower stickers and a pack of 6 colors of spray paint from Oriental Trading and made my first "decorative" sun umbrella. Ziptied it to a thin garden stake. I have 5 more to make and hopefully save a few more plants from the intense heat. Wish I'd had them earlier for my poor fuchsias!
And we have not gotten one drop of rain yet. The rain clouds go north and south of Katy. :(

You may set a trend!! Cute and resourceful!

Oh! I should do that with my tomatoes!

Brilliant!

that is a great idea! I just threw sheets over my stuff yesterday afternoon!

In the high winds we have had lately the sheets or umbrellas would have been in Louisianna by now! LOL!
It is better after a couple days of showers but the heat will move right back in, always does.

Thanks guys! You're right Sheila--wind + umbrellas = umbrellas B Gone.
I woke up this morning to the strangest sound. It was very mesmerizing. In fact, I couldn't get out of bed until 9am.
IT'S RAINING!!!!!!!!!! Hmmm. I hope all my tomatoes don't split! It's always something... :)

I talked to my girl friend in OH yesterday am and she said they were having too much rain so I told her to do a rain dance for us and send some our way.. I guess it worked...lol..

.I was in Nac when the rain hit and it was raining so hard it was going sideways.. but at my house 20 miles away nothing! but it finally did rain in Wells and rained most of the night .

whooo!!! hooo!!! Im so glad for this rain and the break in the temps!.

.hopefully we will get rain a bit more often now

okay, quit snickering everyone... I can hope cant I???

we got almost 3 inches last night with chance of more today. woohoo!!! hope everyone gets at least a little!