That is some serious water heading for Texas/Louisiana
Stay safe DUers 
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We have nothing planted in the new terraces, but we do have a plan for what will go in and how to proceed.
We do have a pile of six cubic yards of mushroom compost (there is a big mushroom farm over in Gadsden County and their mushroom compost is cheap around here, basically just pay for hauling). The terraces are full of volunteer weeds but they have not gone to seed this year. So Monday - if the mowing crew can come - the weeds will get whacked down, we have a guy to spread the compost over the terraces and we will cover them with black plastic. My theory is that the black plastic and Florida sun will cook the weeds, their roots and their seeds.
If - BIG IF - it is possible before we leave, the compost will get worked in and roots pulled out but I don't think there is time in the next month for that. So when we get back, we will pull back the plastic, root rake, till up the beds, and start planting.
My major frustration is I am now nine weeks out from my back surgery and I am not allowed to bend, lift, or twist at all. So I can't get in there and even plant little stuff like bulbs. I can't even pull a weed or hoe the beds! Supervising is not possible since I want SO FUCKING MUCH to get my hands in the dirt that I try to help.
Maybe by the time we return from Britain (we'll be gone nearly four months) I will healed enough to actually do some planting. If not, the company that did our plans will do it for a reasonable price since we're buying the native plants from them.
Hope you get some rain - and not just as hurricanes! a nice tropical depression or two could help, 
The plants can wait. Swim as much as you can
she's pissed. 
