Following the flood

After spilling my 'whine' yesterday, I got to thinking about how small my problems are in comparison to the people living in Aroma Park, Watseka and other areas that are experiencing flood conditions. Having a home or business underwater is a far cry from having a few shrubs that may not survive a good dousing.

Since gardening is what we do here at O&E, though, I did have a thought about how we might be able to help our fellow gardeners affected by all this water. What if we use the O&E website to compile a data base of free plants that we could offer to those people whose gardens have been devastated by this flooding? Most of us have perennials to divide and share in the spring anyway. Why not donate them to a worthy cause?

If this sounds like a good idea to you, and you'd be willing to participate, please let me know (just post a comment on this blog) and I'll see what I can set up.