I know most of you are laughing at us here in California for a paltry 5″ of rain in one weekend. But for us that is a lot. While we needed it desperately, we didn’t need it all at once. If that was spread out over a few weeks or even a month it would have been much better. Luckily we will be drying out here for a few weeks with temps back in the 80’s so there won’t be anymore damage like this:
These pictures are not my house or even my block, but a few blocks north:
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At the far north end of the block. I guess they get the gusty winds that we do at the north end of our block |
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They were taking some massive pumps into the house. |
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24 hours after the last rain and water is still streaming out of this backyard. |
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Click here for a delightful Dandelion Green Soup recipe. But I’d buy them in the store and not use them from the median strip. |
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So pretty and delicate. |
Our damage was relatively minor:
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I kind of like the rustic tilted look and may leave it that way. |
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Foam and algae in the pond – yeck! |
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Lots of damaged leaves on the turnips. |
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Sigh! At least he noticed that he was tracking in mud after a few steps. |
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All of my pink plum blossoms – GONE! |
It is the last one that really depresses me. The entire block was just starting to turn pink and then the storm hit. The show only lasts a week or so anyway. Boo! There are still a few blooms though.
A few shots of my other short lived beauties – freesias:
The California natives are looking beautiful:
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The view from the living room window. |
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The reason they are called Manzanita or “little apples”. |
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A preponderance of pink – Arctostaphylos |
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A plethora of purple – Ceonothus |
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Betula Occidentalis – Water birch – just starting to leaf. |
The edibles are doing pretty well:
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Lots of big green leaves on the artichoke. |
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The first pomegranate bloom |
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Thompson grapes |
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Red Table grapes |
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ready or not, you come out next week, beets. |
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same to you, carrots. |
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kale and turnips |
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Started hardening off the tomatoes, which is why the beets and carrots need to move over soon. |
Hope your garden is starting to show signs of spring soon.
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