We had a fairly heavy storm come through yesterday and it dumped a lot of hail on us. Here are a few pictures of our yard just after the storm.
Thankfully the chickens were sensible and stayed in their house.
Our broccoli seedlings were safe and warm in their little mini greenhouses (aka upturned plastic cups), installed the night before in the nick of time (good work MacGyver!)
The silverbeet looks okay but this might be the end of the basil and mint for the season though – I’ve been expecting them to curl up and die for well over a month now, but so far they have stayed alive.
This morning there was still lots of hail left on the ground.
The chickens came out and braved the icy ground this morning and seemed quite perplexed by the cold white stuff.
Splash was not amused by the cold stuff.
The broccoli seedlings and mint (amazingly) look fine, but I think this is it for the basil.
Our makeshift kafir lime greenhouse (aka a plastic bag over a tripod) has also done a great job of protecting the little tree.
All very exciting really. It’s rare for Canberra to get snow that sticks to the ground so seeing everything white was a big novelty for the kidlets. Mme Four had a lovely time building “hail castles” after the storm had passed.
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