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Weatherman, Weatherman! Look at my Tree!Read the article this discussion is about
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» LadyB - Mary, that was a lovely article and one that I spend my working Mary, that was a lovely article and one that I spend my working hours playing out. I garden for a living on a huge farm/estate/conference center with just a few more gardens than I can keep up with. Things go quite splendidly when I just relax and let the plants tell me what they need. Things mess up royally when there is pushing and shoving from the main office to make things LOOK a certain way in a certain time frame.We had a HORRENDOUS half-hour hail storm this past Wednesday evening in Cold Spring in southern New York State. The hail stones were the size of mothballs and they gathered in corners like so much snow. I've been listening to some dire predictions of drought this summer following a very early warming and very wet spring. With all the lush new growth that everything made in the spring, a drought could be devastating. I had to work at thinking about that as I surveyed lawns completely COVERED with shredded tree leaves. I looked up into stands of massive oaks and saw bare branches everywhere. But who knows......fewer leaves just may help them survive this predicted drought. I just don't think Mother N does anything blindly......... Lady Barbara, Weeds and Wild Things -- posted by LadyB » Cottage_Garden - If nothing else, the trees will have better air circulation to b If nothing else, the trees will have better air circulation to back off some of the assorted leaf spot problems. Hail is an awful thing to see, though!Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Mary_Henry - We had just such a hailstorm Friday of last week. At my home the We had just such a hailstorm Friday of last week. At my home there was only a brief burst of it and some holes in the larger leaves of things, but south and west of town was another story. The growing range of the company I work for took a tremendous hit and lost 2/3 of the potted tree stock and two hoop houses. The bark was literally beaten off the trees.I too fear a hot, dry summer. That seems to be the pattern when the spring heats up so early. Our gift from El Nino was a zone 6 winter and spring in zone 4, but since there is no such thing as a free lunch - I know we'll be paying for it some way! -- posted by Mary_Henry
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