After the storm picts.

well we needed some rain but i hate this damaged happened. our picnic table's umbrella blew over and table glass broke. the table had my episcias from allison and ki on it!!! the table had a cast iron umbrella holder at bottom and heavy planter with episcias on it. here are my poor episcias. the planter dumped upside down so i had to dig them out from under soil. many got broken leaves and some just jarred and wet and dirty. i hope they make it. our sunflower patch was almost a total loss! there are pictures under annuals thread of how they looked a few days ago. we had several branches break from trees and fall that are all over the yard but thank goodness our house and us are fine.

kelly

table that blew over and glass

fallen sunflowers

misty looking through sunflower patch

on the upside i now have a beautiful bouquet of fresh sunflowers that i would of never cut otherwise : 0

link to pictures before storm
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/632581/

oh, what a mess! especially the glass!!!

Give the plants time, and they will probably make it.

Oh Kelly,I'm so sorry you had that kind of damage.The storms here are terrible. I have a small stolen of E.teddy bear if yours doesn't make it.

Geez. You have just the right ethic: "thank goodness our house and us are fine"
Look at any death as an opportunity to try a new plant.
K

((((Kelly))))
We had a similar lil storm come through with small size hail, too.
The rain smelled really good.
It was a short & sweet storm.
Fortunately, nothing was damaged.

Hang in there..they are hardier than we give them credit for.

MsC

thanks everyone! we had one tree to break into that we found today. we sure need the rain we are getting though.

kelly

tree that snapped near pond. i am just happy we are getting the rain as i know many others are not. we have been so dry for so long. we will take all the rain we can get for sure.

also on bright side aussie alice wasn't outside it was inside in bathroom window and alsobia cygnet was on the table that broke but okay as well as blue heaven. here is pict. of the blue heaven and alsobia cygnet. i can't believe how good they look after that incident!

Oh wow, that was quite a storm! I'm glad you and your house are ok, but so sad about the other damage. You have a great attitude about it all, though :)

Gosh Kelly you really got it :(( Glad your all OK. Was it an unexpected storm ? Glad your all Ok.

How awful! I know that glass was a pain to clean up! Were the kids devastated about the sunflowers?

the storm just popped up and was unexpected and was over in about 10 minutes. the kids are kind of sad about their sunflowers they planted but like the bouquet on the table so they can see them. the oldest 2 start school on friday and the youngest will start monday. it will be kaylees first year of school and i am not looking forward to it : 0

kelly