Photos Of The Week: Before and After

Last week, before the storm:

I'm obsessed with Pinterest and a couple of months ago I stumbled across the idea of building a raised garden using discarded pallets.  I asked a friend with a hubby in construction for a couple of pallets (thanks Amy!) and had my hubby whip me up this beauty.  I've been planting lettuce seeds in a new row each week and I was absolutely thrilled with the results.  We had fresh lettuce from the garden on Thursday night.  I was feeling completely Mother Earthy and very proud of myself.

The following night, a derecho destroyed our area and this is what I was left with:

Yep.  Big tree.  Once we finish removing all of the debri (which also took out the rest of our garden), I will rebuild!!  There's still a couple months of summer left, right?

Comments

[Tre]

I'm glad the tree at least just took out your garden, and not your house!

[lynne]

Sorry to see the destruction but glad also not your house. those palettes are indeed cool AND easy to rebuild. Glad to see your post too!! You must be bizzy
with much to do. Pinterest on!xo

[Lois Bell]

Wow - so glad none of you were injured and the damage wss limited to your garden. Hope it doesn't take too long to rebuild and be able to enjoy more freshness!

[pamelajane]

Missed out on this weather phenomenon while I was in France, but I learn something new every time I visit your blog -- never heard of a derecho before :). Hope you and your garden recovered!!