Failed First Attempts

I decided to try my hand at gardening this year. Bought a few tomato and pepper starters, and started the rest from seed. After getting everything in the ground and watering for a few weeks, it was exciting to see the green shoots poking through the soil. Unfortunately, my fledgling garden was destroyed by hail […]

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Holy Hail, Batman!

6:30 p.m., June 6, 2012 That’s when the hail started coming down. It didn’t stop completely until 9:30 — 3 hours later. Most of the hail was about the size of a dime in diameter. Some pieces were as large as quarters. But it wasn’t the size of the hail that was so unusual… it […]

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