Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Dead and Gone

Sadly, most of my garden did not survive the flooding. About half of it withered and died from all the water. The first day had 4-6" of water, half of it soaked into the ground by the end of the day, but the other half sat for many days. The ground is still water logged, all mushy and gross.

The plants in the garden boxes survived pretty well though, since they had better drainage and didn't sit in water. The peppers look a little sad, since they really don't like much of any water, but I think they'll be fine.

Not sure what to do now, I guess collect what I can and call the rest a loss. Tomato, watermelon, squash, basil, morning glory, lemon balm, and various flowers were all affected severly. The watemelon looks like it will pull through, it just isn't as good looking as before.

My unproductive white eggplant is in good condition! It was in the middle of everything else that died, soaking in water with it, but didn't seem to care the slightest. Its still just as unproductive though, and showing no signs of changing.