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gemini_jim

Needed the rain but not the wind!

19 years ago

Well, after the nice steady rain softened up the soil, the wind came through and blew over my corn and sunflowers, which are about 2 ft high at this point. Nothing uprooted, but most of them are sitting at 45 degrees or lower! Oy!

The corn is in two 4X4 beds and the sunflowers in a row alongside, about 70 plants altogether. I guess I'll let them lie until tomorrow, then see how I might go about staking them up. How annoying!

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