Monday, April 20, 2015

Freeze and Bad Hail Storm



We had a hard freeze early last week, all the way down to 18 degrees, which killed any chances of my fruit trees producing this year. I was expecting this, since everything bloomed so early, but it's still disheartening thing.

That's not all though, a few days later we got a devastating hail storm. Quarter sized hail came down for 20 minutes and covered the ground like a snowfall. All my early transplants and even my oats were turned to mulch. Basically anything above ground will be set back a few weeks at best, or replanted at worst. This is why I call my early transplants 'gamble crops'. It's always a gamble in April, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This year, I lost.

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