I have never seen so much widespread rain in one year, much less in one season, in the state of Texas and I've lived here my entire life! I live in what is deemed "The Big Country" area, where highways were shut down, entire towns were flooded and people were being evacuated. Luckily my family wasn't devastated during all the craziness. My heart goes out to those who have lost so much, we've been in that kind of situation before, not even a year ago and if you haven't experienced such, you just can't understand.
However, to the topic at hand. Luckily most of our gardening wasn't planted directly in the ground and it is close to impossible to over water raised beds and containers due to them having such good drainage. We would have lost a good portion of the plants if they hadn't been potted up! So far the only thing I have found that we may lose is one tomato plant that's stem was broken in the down pours.
Disasters happen folks. I know shows like Doomsday Preppers painted an insane picture of preppers/homesteaders. But, you never know what mother nature is going to throw at you and it is always wise to be prepared as much as you can be. Take the time to do research for your area, pay attention to the weather and your surroundings, keep tabs on mother nature predictions and think it through! It honestly was a fluke that we put most of everything in containers this year as I've stated before, but it's a great thing that we did!
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