Fire Plants...

This weekend we got a lot of stuff done around the house. Pam is still recovering from her Mini-Trail 'event', but decided to do some weed spraying and weed-eating as 'exercise' after church...

I got all the sprinkler lines fixed and tested, replacing all the sections that were melted by the fire or got destroyed in the process. I also tried to find as much of the lawn furniture and trash of ours that was blown all over the neighborhood and bring it back to be dumped.

The current and growing problem at this point is the plants. They seem to be showing more and more of the effects of the fire as time goes on. This weekend, I used Miracle Grow on them and watered them heavily a number of times, but them just seem to continue looking worse. Here are some pictures of them...

This is a 'before' picture of one type of tree that was spared the main brunt of the Fire Storm...

Here is the same type of tree that was in the Fire Storm Winds...

Here is another type of tree 'before' picture.

And, what it looks like now.

I sorta expected the taller plants, trees and shrubs, to be affected by all the heat of the fire, but the thing that amazes me the most is the grass. As you can see from the following picture, the grass that was closest to the fire and is where the main Fire Storm wind came from, was burnt badly, even though it is on the ground. I just cannot imagine how hot and powerful that fire wind must have been to cause that... The evergreen trees there are also almost totally brown now along with all other plants in the area.

The above picture really doesn't show the impact of the damage but does give you an idea of what its like. We have spent a lot of expense and time working on the lawn and plants and this is a real bummer. But, hopefully, with good care and time they will recover. I guess the same goes for us here in DaHo...