Hello again 2Kids1Bike,
Excellent post. You answered all of my questions and then some. I don't participate in Social Media for a variety of reasons. Being too busy is one. I don't know how our winds compare with those in other states, but our winds can damage trees and structures. My homemade wire cages partially protected some of my breeder zinnia specimens.
Wind was not the only threat -- some hungry birds would tear a zinnia bloom apart for the seeds. A bird just landing on a zinnia bloom can break its stem. I put up a few small windmills to partially repel the birds. With the birds and the winds and whatever (flying garbage can lids), there was a kind of "survival of the fittest (or luckiest)" thing going on in my garden.
I won't take offense if you are busy with other things.
ZM
