I woke up in a war zone this morning !!

Oh dear !!!

Your poor plants :(

I bet Carol liked being up all night. Not. :(

Here's to a better night tonight :)

I'm very impressed Ian, all that attention for a 'flowery thing' (poppy) - are you being won over at last? What sort of first aid did you do for all those veggies?

We had 1 of them storms last week, so hoping not to get anymore.

ah Ian what a disaster for you - I feel your pain – plenty of sweet tea will do the trick

Oh ian they have took a battering,but u`ll prob have them looking good in no time at all.We had it as well (maybe not as bad)flowers not to bad ,Parasol decided to take running jump almost over fenceLol.Poor Carol must have been tired this morn,at least little Holly slept eventually!!!!!!:~))))))

Thanks all.
Louise, Mobee, the least said about Carols mood today the better. !!!
Angie, TEA, no thank you, dreadful evil stuff (Lol) Coffee for me please :~))
Now Lily, I only spent so much time 'caring' for the poppy because I knew my soldiers (veg) are HARD, TOUGH and quite capable of looking after themselves for a while, while I was forced to tend to the soft, flimsy, delicate little thing that couldn't even lift its poor head this morning. Lol
OK, OK, I admit, I like the soft, flimsy, delicate little thing.
A bit, sometimes, when I'm in a good mood..........:~))

You're really a bit of a softie on the quiet aren't you Ian!

Lily, Never, no, how could you...........Yes Lol

Oh your poor plants Ian........we havnt had any storms , but heavy rain on saturday night....... but yesterday was dry with really strong winds ...... my veggies all leaves going brown from the wind..... plants all knocked about... my new cosmos planted on friday was bent over double and like you had to do a bit of fixing..... had to stake up my calendula plants which were just flowering.....but its amazing how quickly the plants recover..... with a bit of sun........

Just look what rain can do.............and I thought it was supposed to help the gardener!! How wrong can I be?

Hi Holly and Silverbelle,
It was an unusual thing to wake up to. I thought some animal had been jumping on my veg and it took quite some time to sink in that it was the rain.

O.M.G. Ian your poor garden and Oh My what a storm that must have been, and you slept through it???? :o)
Gill said she wishes she could sleep through storms she hates them,I love watching the lightning.

Never heard a thing Bob.........:~))

Oh Ian...I have only just seen this!!! what a calamity....your poor plants.....that poor poppy...hope its feeling better now and everyone has calmed down....lol
A storm flattening the garden is my worst nightmare, particularly this year with masses of dahlias in pots all over the garden.....they are growing as we speak!!!...we have just had some thunder and a downpoor (not the hailstones as forecast, fortunately)....the sun is shining now and it is still hot and muggy......whilst looking at your pics of devastation I noticed one small anomoly.....er your dwarf dianthus?.....that pic, if I believe my eyes....is of a double or rose flowered impatiense (busy lizzie)...is that right?.......anyway...hope you are back in favour after sleeping through the storm...>:))

Nice first aid job Ian..Hopefully with all your tender loving care everything will bounce back.

Well done AA your spot on, I dont know how I missed that (blush)
I need a list to remember the kid's names LOL

Hope that all is now "right as rain", Ian, and that you can sleep easy, now. Love the First Aid tips. :-)

Cheers David, yes all is right as 'rain' LOL
but sleeping is always a problem :-((

I know how you feel Ian, happened to me last week but everything has recovered well, you got to it early which makes a difference. good luck..

Thanks Usernut, I was really lucky it had stopped raining. :~))

Sorry about your veg Ian; I slept through a storm as well but I really welcome the rain as I'm off to Cornwall for a week and feel much better if the garden has had a soaking before I go. We need the rain here in London- I planted a shrub last week and was shocked how dry the ground was once I had dug down a spit.We still need to irrigate here at Kew.Mind you, I don't want it to rain in Cornwall!

Lol Rbtkew, I know what you mean, we never seem to be happy with the weather, if its nice for more than a week we complain about it (but go to far off climes, and sit on a beach in it every year) and if it rains for any length of time we all buy boats and cry global warming.
But its playing havoc with my veggies (Lol)