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Category: Michele's Garden | Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:34 am

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We knew it was coming. Storm watches and warnings and even TORNADO watches for VERMONT,all day. At about 4pm this afternoon a fast moving, violent storm came through the area. We were not home. I had just parked my bus and was resting at our office when the rain came. When Logan and I got in the car it was raining very hard. The sly was blackish green and the wind was kicking up. Just as we were approaching an intersection Fire trucks with lights and sirens came racing threw. At this point I knew this storm had cuased some damage. I park my bus in Nh in the town of Haverhill. We joke that when the wind blows the power goes out there. As we drove the car was blowing all over the road. Debris was blowing all over the place. When we arrived to get my husband just south of my work. The sky was blue and you would have never known that a huge storm was blowing. I could hear the thunder in the distance.

We arrived home about half 5. We stopped on the way home to get the makings for cold sandwiches, because I just knew that the power would be out when we got to Groton. I was right. We knew somthing had happened because a small tree was down near my flower beds...then we noticed my hot house on the front lawn against the fence. That was about 100 yards from where it was left. The pea trellis had been blown over....then we noticed our 50 foot pear tree. SNAPPED about 6 feet from the ground. it just missed our inlaw apartment. Then I noticed a huge limb of our apple tree snapped...and part of a flowering cherry tree....The storm didn't drop a lot of water but it was fast and furious....we wandered around in shock and awe of what had happened. Glad that we were lucky to have not sustained any property damage. We do have some work we will have to do with the clean up. Cutting down the broken limb and cutting everything up for wood in our fire pit.

I have to fix the beans teepee trellis. When the hot box got blown around the yard, it passed through the bean trellis and the pea fence. We can see on the black plastic how the hot box got blown around and flipped and landed and put holes in. The wind must have been amazingly strong.

I took pictures of the damage and other scenes around the yard after the storm.

We were getting ready to spend the night without power. I had just got the flashlight and candles out and were about to light the candles and POOF the power came back on.

STORM DAMAGE

Apple tree limb broken...



Pear tree felled





Small tree down



Hot house 100 yards from garden
if the fence wasn't there it would have done damage to the neighbors house.



Tin Man down...lost his hat...needs repair work...



the calm after the storm...Pictures of blooms around the yard...









This iris has a little visitor...



I hope everyone had a nice day and have enjoyed their gardens. The severe weather is hopefully past and it should be a lot cooler now that this storm blew threw. We should be enjoying out yard and garden again on Wednesday.

Bye for now.


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eileen wrote on Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:46 am:

Thank goodness your house wasn't hit by any trees or other debris!!! Did any of yours neighbours places get hit by the high winds and have structural damage? It always amazes me that after a really bad storm there are still plsnts flowering in the garden. I hope your hot box, and tin man can be repaired but sadly I know some of your trees won't survive.

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gardenmama wrote on Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:52 am:

Thank you for your kind words. We didn't see any structural damage to the neighbors houses. Lots of debris around the ground. everyone was outside. Some people were mowing, building and doing whatever. The tin man can be fixed, he just needs his hat really screwed on tight. Can you imagine there was no damage to the hot house. That thing flipped and dragged and no damage. It is sad to see the damage to the trees. We have no idea how old the pear and apple trees are. I think the damage to the apple tree will help it in the long run. the branch was too high and all the branches pointed up and we have read that isn't a good thing. the pear tree was so old and hadn't produced since we moved here. So i guess we will have to replace it with a new apple tree. the storm has started again and this time we are getting a lot of rain and thunder. Hopefully everything will be fine after this.

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Droopy wrote on Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:11 am:

I'm glad you and your family are safe and sound, and I'm so sorry about your lovely trees. When old trees go down I feel like I've lost an old friend. And your poor garden too! Hope you're done now. Here's wishing you an uneventful summmer!

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