Category Archives: Kentucky

Almost 5 inches

That is how much rain we have had this week. Actually in two days. Severe storms on Tuesday gave us 2.08 inches and yesterday’s storms dropped 2.48 inches on us. The electric went out for about 8 hours so the last inch or so was recorded on the base unit via battery backup but the data never made it to the web.

This morning we were greeted with about 6 inches of standing water in the basement that ended up being about 8 inches before the landlord was able to get the auxiliary pump in place. When the electric went out the sump pump that lives in the corner of the basement couldn’t kick on. By the time the electric came back the pump was underwater and blew a fuse trying to start up. I wasn’t about to wade through all that water to replace a fuse. Its all good now though. Needless to say I won’t have to water for a while and the rain barrels are full.

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First Class Tomato

My SIL was in a nearby town during one of her many business trips. We had talked previously about her picking up a cherry tomato plant on one of her visits so I had saved one of the basket tomato cups back ‘just in case’. It was a little larger than I had anticipated it would be, so getting it to the point of being ‘flight ready’ took a bit of thinking. In the end it’s 16oz Dixi cup was placed inside a soda cup with another, larger soda cup on top for protection. This photo was snapped during the flight home. How many people can say that their tomato plants travel First Class?