after the storm
23 Dec
Six consecutive days of rain. Can’t remember the last time that happened here in L.A. By day three I was getting a little worried about the kale and chard seedlings we’d just transplanted the weekend before the storms. The most inconvenient thing about having a community garden plot is – duh – having to go out of your way to check on it. As in having to drive to get there. And since Angelenos are notoriously bad at driving when the tiniest sprinkle falls from the sky, we decided it wasn’t worth risking our lives to drive more than what was absolutely necessary and left the plants in the hands of the garden and weather gods.
Today – the first clear day – I finally stopped by the garden. I was fearing the worst after reading this ReadyMade post about rain and drowned seedlings; it basically says they should be OK as long as they’re in raised beds. Of which ours are not. I envisioned being welcomed by dead, flattened plants.
Thankfully, they are still upright:
