Since a late spring storm blew through here with a lust for young buds and tree limbs last night (tornado sirens went off) I thought it was time to update the place where Mudcatters who putter in their yards can share their gardening adventures and expectations. Here is the other thread that covered Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

It may not officially be "summer" on the calendar, but in my scheme of things, when you have many days in a row with temperatures in the low- to mid-90s, it's summer. Everything was growing marvelously, we've had enough rain to give the trees and veggies and all a good boost. Last night's rain and wind gave them a bit of a backward jolt. Knocked my biggest (sniffles, wipes the corner of her eye) most glorious Texas Star hibiscus off right at the root. The rest of the stems will take over, but this had buds! My tomatoes all seem to be in a bit of a confused thatch this morning, but no branches or fruits appear to have been broken. I lost some large limbs on the trees back behind the fence that grow next to the creek. That's actually okay, it lets more sun in on a bed I've been planning to plant soon. I don't think any tornadoes actually touched down in all of this, but there were a pair of super-cells that went over the top of the area so even their straight-line winds were pretty destructive.

I think my next door neighbor and I made this happen, but please don't leak it to the press! We'll be hounded by insurance companies for compensation. What did we do? We both saw the storms coming, and thinking they'd be the same ol' same ol' bit of rain, we BOTH scrambled to sprinkle fertilizer in our yards! That's a double whammy if I ever heard of one! Not ONLY did we lure the storms here, but all of our fertilizer was probably washed away so we'll have to go back on the weekend and do it the old fashioned way, sprinkle it around then water it in. (We both go organic, so it won't burn stuff even if it gets applied twice).

How's it looking for the rest of you Mudcat summertime gardeners? (Those still immersed in spring can choose their threads, the one linked or this one.)

SRS