Hail at Plan Z Diet Headquarters
By: Zola
Chief Dieter
Plan Z Diet
Two nights ago, my garden was shredded by a hail storm. Golf ball-sized hail rained down on our courtyard for about 15 minutes. Then it calmed, only to get hit again with even more force.
We lost half the leaves off of our trees. Our pool had 3” deep of leaves floating on top of the water. Everything was covered in debris. I had planted my garden early, so it was quite well along and looking beautiful. I had been thinking just the day before how great it looked; how lush. Now it was toast.
There was some greenery left but the stems of the plants had been hacked off at just above ground level. There was six inches of hail on the ground and in one corner of our yard the hail accumulated to over a foot deep. Even the next day at 90 degrees, the hail didn’t all melt. It was there 2 days later!
We cleaned for hours. Garbage bags full of leaves, sticks and plant parts. I managed not to cry but I was heartbroken. I had worked so hard to design and plant that garden.
On about day 2 the things we were not able to rake or pick up began to curl up into brown dead bits. I decided the best thing to do was to let them stay there and just cover them with new mulch. That was easier than picking it all up and the dead stuff could just become compost.
But my flowers! I just could not sit there and wait for them to all grow again. I had to do something and I had guests coming. So off I rushed to the discount garden store to buy something to fill in the blanks. I didn’t have to spend a lot of money. By the 4th of July the plants are 50 – 70% off. So for not much money I was able to buy a couple of flats, fill in the holes and get on with my party.
There. I felt better now.
Two nights ago, my garden was shredded by a hail storm. Golf ball-sized hail rained down on our courtyard for about 15 minutes. Then it calmed, only to get hit again with even more force.
We lost half the leaves off of our trees. Our pool had 3” deep of leaves floating on top of the water. Everything was covered in debris. I had planted my garden early, so it was quite well along and looking beautiful. I had been thinking just the day before how great it looked; how lush. Now it was toast.
There was some greenery left but the stems of the plants had been hacked off at just above ground level. There was six inches of hail on the ground and in one corner of our yard the hail accumulated to over a foot deep. Even the next day at 90 degrees, the hail didn’t all melt. It was there 2 days later!
We cleaned for hours. Garbage bags full of leaves, sticks and plant parts. I managed not to cry but I was heartbroken. I had worked so hard to design and plant that garden.
On about day 2 the things we were not able to rake or pick up began to curl up into brown dead bits. I decided the best thing to do was to let them stay there and just cover them with new mulch. That was easier than picking it all up and the dead stuff could just become compost.
But my flowers! I just could not sit there and wait for them to all grow again. I had to do something and I had guests coming. So off I rushed to the discount garden store to buy something to fill in the blanks. I didn’t have to spend a lot of money. By the 4th of July the plants are 50 – 70% off. So for not much money I was able to buy a couple of flats, fill in the holes and get on with my party.
There. I felt better now.
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