when are you sowing your garden this year?

[TheGrey]

Well, I think that freak hailstorm/deluge pretty much slaughtered the garden. I'll know more tomorrow, when I comb through the carnage.

[Great-Kazoo]

Well, I think that freak hailstorm/deluge pretty much slaughtered the garden. I'll know more tomorrow, when I comb through the carnage.

Even with (to date) moderate hail storms. our "garden" has not even broken the surface yet. Basically have a lot of nice looking dirt.

[TheGrey]

Even with (to date) moderate hail storms. our "garden" has not even broken the surface yet. Basically have a lot of nice looking dirt.

This was a hellacious hail storm. For a solid hour, rain pounded everything, and we had walnut-sized hail. Much of our maple tree has been stripped of leaves, and the whole neighborhood smells like green, bleeding plants.

I'm saddened because I raised many of those garden plants from seeds, and took great pains to transplant them into a properly-mixed soil base.
Dammit, I had plans for those veggies and melons. I hope some of them can bounce back- I have canning recipes and dehydrating recipes I wanted to try!

I am grateful that our peach tree seems to have avoided most of the damage; the maple sheltered it.