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WHAT DID I ***JUST*** SAY...
May. 2nd, 2020 06:45 pmmusic link
....about gardening in Colorado???
I checked the weather, just a couple of days ago, to see if anything like this was in the forecast before planting. Today was supposed to have some rain - no mention of hail! But then the Denver Post runs this article: Storms brewing in the afternoon with big hail on the horizon: "Severe storms are possible in the foothills and Interstate 25 corridor Saturday afternoon, with strong winds up to 60 mph and hail that could reach 1 inch in diameter, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder."
The second I heard the hail hitting the walkway outside my front door, I grabbed blankets & ran out back. I unrolled a length of heavy-grade chicken wire over the front two rows & threw the blankets over that. My landlord Liz came running out with heavy plastic buckets from shrubs she just planted this week. Those went over the bigger plants in the back row.
The hail seems to have stopped for now, but I think I'll leave the defenses up until morning.
Not today, Satan...
....about gardening in Colorado???
I checked the weather, just a couple of days ago, to see if anything like this was in the forecast before planting. Today was supposed to have some rain - no mention of hail! But then the Denver Post runs this article: Storms brewing in the afternoon with big hail on the horizon: "Severe storms are possible in the foothills and Interstate 25 corridor Saturday afternoon, with strong winds up to 60 mph and hail that could reach 1 inch in diameter, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder."
The second I heard the hail hitting the walkway outside my front door, I grabbed blankets & ran out back. I unrolled a length of heavy-grade chicken wire over the front two rows & threw the blankets over that. My landlord Liz came running out with heavy plastic buckets from shrubs she just planted this week. Those went over the bigger plants in the back row.
The hail seems to have stopped for now, but I think I'll leave the defenses up until morning.
Not today, Satan...
