Oh, Hail!
After delays due to traveling to a conference and weird-cold weather, we finally planted our bales. Tomatoes, peppers, squash and watermelons were added to our pots of flowers and herbs. It looked pretty good! We decided to do something different and planted this tomato and watermelon in the berry patch that ended up being a no-berry patch. We have tomatoes and peppers in these bales, and a squash and watermelon are planted in the thick mat of old straw. This isn't a seasonal garden, but I love how our grass and hesperaloe hill is looking! Front bales with squash and a couple of marigolds to keep them company. Larger squash bale planting, which will soon have another squash and an Armenian cuc. Our main tomato bales, with basil thrown in for good measure. And then the hail hit...two nights in a row. The damage you see below was caused by the storms that went through last night (9 May). A little visual to show what the typical hail stone w...