Tuesday, April 21, 2026

A Very Windy Garden Update

I’m happy to report that my tomato, pumpkin, and cucumber plants are looking good. The Jungle Parrot sweet peppers look a bit feeble but not terrible.

They all need daily time outside to harden off for outdoor transplantation. I set them out three days ago for half an hour. But that’s all I’ve managed.

All my comings and goings left poor
Polly exhausted...

Today’s even more extreme wind gusts (up to 31 mph!) would be detrimental, to say the least. I have my fingers crossed that this pattern changes but the forecast isn’t looking too good. Oh, well. All I can do is try and all the while hope for the best.

She had zero strength to offer sympathy
to my tired, mildly frustrated self.

Do you know we Midwesterners have a saying “April showers bring May flowers”? Why, instead, did March “come in like a lion” and never leave? What happened to the “going out like a lamb” part?


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12 comments:

  1. Awwww....Polly is precious and beautiful, Darla! The weather here in Montreal has been strange as well! On Saturday, the temperatures were in the 60s Fahrenheit. And Sunday the temperatures dropped, so for the last 3 days the temperatures have been in the 30s. I am just taking it one day at a time and I don't have a garden, since I live in a 6th floor apartment.
    I got my hair done yesterday, cut and styled differently, it feels kind of nice. It had been a while since I got it done because my focus has been on the doctors appointments I have had over the last couple of months, etc., but my hair is done now, so this is good.

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  2. Such a sweetie Polly! It was pretty windy here today too!

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  3. I heard there's been some wild weather around the US. Not so much where I'm at, but yikes with the wind. I hope it settles soon for you.

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  4. Let's face it; nothing is usual about anything anymore.
    Except that Da Boyz want to lick my oatmeal bowl every morning.
    Little weirdos.

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  5. We had lots of storms yesterday. Winds and lots of rain. We're having the same kinds of weather.

    Awww on Polly. So precious.

    Have a fabulous day and rest of the week. Hugs. ♥

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  6. Same thing here, but I like it cold so I won't complain. :) XO

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  7. We're still in what feels like winter. I should have planted some pumpkin seeds inside, to start. I hope your wind dies out soon.

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  8. polly what ewe knead ta get bak sum energeez izza trout…frezh seered trout…tell yur pawrentz ta get de grill fired up and start a cookin…eye think march waz two cold even for lionz…they bee sayin ta hellz with thiz, we iz goin bak two de serengetthi šŸ¦šŸ–¤šŸ–¤šŸ–¤šŸ˜ø‼️🌸

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    1. I'm sure she'll be after me as soon as she reads this. lol

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  9. That is the truth if I ever read it!!!

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