Friday, October 26, 2012

Are We Ready For the Storm?

The weathermen are carrying on about Hurricane Sandy, which is supposed to be chugging up the east coast this weekend and getting everyone all worked up about it. I suppose since we had two nasty storms last fall there is sense in preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. No matter which way the storm goes, it looks pretty certain that I won't get much done in the garden next week because it looks like at least four days of steady rain is coming. And unfortunately, this week it's taking me longer to recover from the wedding in New York than I thought and other than doing a bit of harvesting, I haven't accomplished much garden clean up  and prep at all.
 If high winds and heavy rain are coming, this may be the last weekend to really enjoy the fall colors and leaves. They are coming down in droves already and wind will take them all off! Now that I have use for them in compost I don't mind raking as much as I used to! I'll soon be settling into the "zen" of raking and shredding.
 I'd hoped to post a picture of the last growing bed that I'm digging in the garden, but I can't seem to find that photo anywhere in the picture library, drat! Well, since I haven't done much digging lately it can wait. I sincerely hope to start my planting next spring with the garden expansion a hundred percent finished at last. I only have about ten more feet of a three foot wide bed to dig. Pictured above is my husband's little herb garden.
Anyway, I suspect there will be the inspection of our small generator this weekend, so it will be working and if necessary we can keep my two freezers full of vegetables and food going. Last year we lost power for eight days, which seemed eternal. We really do like our electricity! Today's the day to stock up on bottled water and to get gas and batteries. But I hope, in the end, that it's much ado about nothing!
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  1. Daphne GouldOctober 26, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    Wow when we lose power it is for a couple hours at the most so far. I remember growing up in the Colorado mountains though and we could lose power for days - usually in the winter when you really need it. Now they have a generator. Last year the early snowstorm that took out the power in so many towns around here, barely hit us. We had two inches I think. We never lost power. I told my friends they should have come and visited since we were fine.

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    1. nutmeg gardenerOctober 26, 2012 at 11:03 AM

      We escaped the outage from the snowstorm too, but Hurricane Irene got us good! I sure hope we don't have a repeat with this one!

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  2. Cozy Thyme CottageOctober 26, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    Stay safe! I hope it doesn't come your way. What brand of generator do you have and how big? Is it complicated to set up and use? We don't have one. I only have one freezer plus refrig but it makes me nervous! Nancy

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    1. nutmeg gardenerOctober 26, 2012 at 11:07 AM

      Thank you! Our generator is a Coleman 10 horsepower. It doesn't seem too complicated, but my husband is the one who deals with it, not me. It has a pull cord like a lawnmower to start it and it is noisy! But it sure is handy to keep from losing the frozen food!

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  3. Annie*s GrannyOctober 26, 2012 at 12:27 PM

    My fingers are crossed that you'll stay safe if she hits your area! It doesn't sound good, that's for sure.

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  4. nutmeg gardenerOctober 26, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    Thanks Granny! It often turns out to be less than they hype it up to be. And as long as there's no damage to the house, I wouldn't mind if it took down a few trees here :-)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 4:25 AM

    I am hoping you and I will not be affected much by the storm. It is coming, no avoiding. Did not lose power from Irene last year, so hopefully we will be OK again this year.

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    1. nutmeg gardenerOctober 28, 2012 at 5:54 AM

      Good luck with it Norma! At least this year the power companies are on notice and have already called in many extra workers.

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  6. Liz - Suburban TomatoOctober 28, 2012 at 5:10 AM

    I hope all goes well! 8 days without power - now that is a long time, I get a bit tetchy with 8 minutes, I start to get annoyed with 8 hours who knows what I'd be like with 8 days.

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    1. nutmeg gardenerOctober 28, 2012 at 5:56 AM

      Thanks! I welcomed a friend from Haiti to the US last night and he was teasing that he knows how tough it is for us here when we lose power, but says he'll be fine because he's used to living without it so much! Yep, we certainly are spoiled!

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