Quite a Storm....49º

We saw the storm warning before we went to bed last night, but that didn't prepare us for the crack of thunder and hail, that woke us up at 1AM this morning...I got up, closed some windows, and promptly went back to sleep, but occasionally roused enough to hear more thunder rumbling through the valley...We have remnants of hail on the deck and we haven't been outside to see if we have any damage...Reports of power outages and wind damage is being posted on Facebook...Don't think we will have to irrigate today.

Herb and I did get the potatoes "planted" yesterday...The seed potatoes are now nestled in straw, covered with more straw, then a layer of well aged manure...Watered for about two hours and soaked again by last nights storm...That should get them off to a good start!

Potato bed.

It stayed warm and muggy most of the day, so I puttered outside in the shady spots, digging weeds and deadheading the last of the daffodils...Blooms are popping out all over, lilacs, trolius, dames rocket, alium, columbine and even a couple of irises.

Todays bouquet

We have an "overflow" garden acrossed the road from our house, when I put all the extra plants and some very prolific plants...It is just coming into full bloom.

Rhubarb blooming.

Alium

Rhubarb plant for pies.

 I'm thinking that this rainy day will be for cooking a beef roast and making a rhubarb pie for dinner and maybe do some house cleaning...Hugs To All...OWAV:)