Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #38

We are now an official dropoff point for duct tape and twist ties.  So.  How
much duct tape/twist ties  will it take to fix the damage to my nine pumpkin
vines which underwent 70 mph winds, 1 1/2" hailstones, and 4" of rain last
night?  See pictures on my diary at www.bigpumpkins.com  It never rains this
much in Kansas.  I think the dry times are coming, soon, though.

I'm just going to sit back for a day and think this over.  We'll see what they
look like an a couple of days.  We've had two cellphones and a landline going
since about 7:00 this morning.  Had damage to a livestock barn, and will have
to move animals out today.  Had damage to trees and will have to move them out
of the yard.  Had damage to wheat, which is down and broken and sad.  Had to
call carpenters, insurance guys and get someone to help us load the livestock
and line up trucks to ship them out.  What a mess.  Water across the roads,
power outages, BUT...the sun is shining and no more storms forecast.  What
would be the use of another storm...everything's already wrecked.  Oh, my poor
punkies.  Maybe they'll make it again.   Do you suppose we could use duct tape
to put the roof back on the barn?  Let's see, how many rolls would that take?

I have two more seeds, a 940.5 Bhaskaran 08 and an 838.5 Bhaskaran 07. 
They're going in the incubator in a few minutes.

I saw pictures this morning on national news of New Jersey hail piled up
INCHES DEEP.  I'm sorry for any growers who got that.  At least my vines still
have some remnants of leaves and a chance to make it through.

Adversity only makes us stronger.  I wonder if that works on pumpkins, too? 
With duct tape.

cheers,
duchess of gladstone

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