No, that's not me rescuing a school bus full of children trapped in a pile of hail. That's my sister in Alaska snowblowing her walkway. The bus belongs to their neighbors, who like to buy all kinds of stuff, including, but not limited to, chickens and retired school buses. Here, it rained. We got an awesome 1.25"/32mm of rain, some of it in the form of hail.
Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' suffered quite a lot of hail damage. Not to worry: 'Fred' is a survivor. He'll outgrow the damage very quickly.
The pups were not happy with the sound of hail. They practiced synchronized concern for a little while, and then went back to napping.
Yikes hail! Glad to see it only caused minimum plant damage.
ReplyDeleteIf it was the price we had to pay for rain, we were happy to pay it! (We gardeners, anyway.)
DeleteHello Hoover Boo,
ReplyDeleteGreat that you've had rain. In Alaska things are different. Lucky you that the hail did not damage your plants. Lovely to see your dogs.
Have a wonderful weekend ahead.
Marijke
You have a wonderful weekend too, Marijke!
DeleteHello, I have recently discovered your blog and I am really enjoying it. Wow, that snow kit your sister has looks like one serious piece of machinery! The bus is great too. My old boss grew up on a farm and his relatives used to collect old helicopters (they never flew them, but liked to have them "just in case"). Lulu x (A fellow plant enthusiast from Cornwall, England)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lulu! My sister would rather shovel the snow, but there was just too much this time. That is a funny story about people keeping spare helicopters on hand, "just in case". In case of Zombie invasions? ;^)
DeleteI've actually had the privilege of visiting Cornwall--a gorgeous place. People there had a hearty laugh about the way I pronounced "Mousehole".
"synchronized concern" looks less strenuous than synchronized swimming, but who knows? Hats off to your sister for handling it! Wow...
ReplyDeleteThey don't like to get too extreme about anything except eating and napping.
DeleteI thought that was a great picture of my sister. Our Mom & Dad would have gotten a big kick out of it. They moved to Southern California because they never ever wanted to shovel snow again--and they never did!
The rain was wonderful. We didn't get hail this time, thank goodness. The pups don't look all that worried, presumably they felt no urge to venture outside to investigate. My cat spent yesterday on her heating pad and was back there again this morning after her breakfast.
ReplyDeleteYes it was wonderful. Rain is always like Christmas .
DeleteHeating pad sounds really good right now. Smart kitty! Purr, purr, purr.
We had hail too, but it was tiny-grateful for that. And I had no idea you have sister in Alaska. Those are hardy folks. I can't even imagine that kind of winter.
ReplyDeleteHer favorite thing is nordic skiing, and where she lives in Alaska is ideal for that. Well, it used to be. The climate is changing and there is less and less snow. This winter happened to be a good one.
DeleteI am happy for you that you got rain and your plants will recover from the hail. The amount of hail looks fairly significant all piled up between the stones in your walk.
ReplyDeleteI giggled at "synchronized concern". Hail is rather distracting when it is pounding the roof of the house. They probably were fearing for your plants.
All of that snow. Wow...
One thing the pups have zero concern about is my plants, ha ha! There's some damage here and there, but it's mostly tiny white marks on various leaves. Nothing to worry about. So happy we got rain, a few tiny white marks on leaves is a small price to pay!
DeleteOMG - I hate hail. It's not like you can run around throwing up quick shelters for a hail storm that might last just a few minutes. The second shot seems to be telling a story - the agave grew legs, backed itself into a corner and making a last stand.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to get rain, I was okay with the hail.
DeleteHa, that's a good one, the plant does look like it's backing away from the hail.
That pot has a flat area on one side so it can sit tilted. The plant in the pot was sheltered from above by a wall-basket planter. The wall-basket planter was sheltered from above by some Trachelospermum foliage, which took the (minor) damage. Plants helping plants?
A relief that the hail damage is minor.
ReplyDeleteA small price to pay for the rain that came with it!
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