Destruction

We had a freak storm manifest itself this morning over most of Northern Illinois. It swept in very quickly, blew a lot of stuff around with 80 mile per hour winds and dissipated quickly. My garden took a beating. My potato stems where blown over. My tomato plants were blown over. Many of my cosmos were broken and now lay sideways. My bleeding heart took the biggest hit. I had some board propped up against the Thyme. The board blew over and landed on the bleeding heart, crushing most of it and snapping off the biggest limb.

It's good to remember that no matter how much love and care we heap upon our plants, mother nature may have different plans for them. The best we can do is make them the healthiest plants we can so that when the storms come, they'll have a better chance of rebounding.