Pictures

[tagryn]

* Added six pictures to my flickr account. Included are a couple of pictures from a harbor trip we took on the Chesapeake Bay on Memorial Day, a couple of our first Icelandic Poppy flower (YAY! Wasn't sure I could grow them here), a picture of what I *think* are wild strawberries which are prolific in our yard (anyone want to take a look and make a guess?), and finally some pea-side hail that fell during a thunderstorm this weekend. Our screened-in patio has a tin roof, and it certainly sounded like baseballs rebounding off the roof while the hail was coming down...

Comments

[liralen.livejournal.com]

The poppies are GORGEOUS! Aie.. hail! I hope your tomatoes weren't damaged.

[tagryn]

Thanks! I bought three plants of this poppy variety after seeing them blooming in SoCal. I have them in pots because they're not supposed to tolerate heat well (hence Icelandic poppies) and I want to be able to move them out of the sun once we really start getting warm here. Another good thing is flowers also means seeds later, so if everything goes well I should be able to use these as a foundation for many more plants later. *knock on wood*

The hail was *loud*, but not especially damaging, thank goodness. The small peppers are still on the plants we have, and the tomatoes don't seem to have been affected at all. Mind, our tomatoes don't really even have significant "stalks" yet, so they're still fairly close to the ground. That isn't of great concern to me yet, since I remember last year the tomatoes didn't really take off until summer hit, either.