Before I forget

"Waterbed"

We have a storm heading our way; the sky is overly cloudy and ominous, and the weather person promised lightening, thunder and hail.

Thanks, weather person. So I am heading out to quickly stake up my precious peonies and poppies and cover my seedlings and starter plants (all the stuff I grew from seeds this spring) before it is too late. After Monday's rains, my tall beauties are a little droopy - it seems to happen every year without fail - and despite the fact I worked to support them earlier (as I cleaned out the front bed), they grew far taller than I expected, and the weighty flower heads can't handle the bulk of rain trapped in their tightly petaled heads.