Well, the small amount of hail the other day was simply a precursor for the doozy that followed it two days later ! We could here the storm coming from miles away, then rain, it poured, 45mm in about 30 mins, mixed with it a huge quantity of hail. I am from North Qld and have never really seen hail before, my partner is from Victoria and she said this was the longest hail storm she had ever seen. It kept coming, we were quite concerned about the netting over the orchard, chook yard and veggie garden. Luckily it survived, just. One of the poles in the corner of the chook yard was pulled out of the ground from the weight but we managed a quick repair as soon as the hail stopped and a complete repair the next day, that was the only real damage. Piles of hail were still on the ground 48 hours later and we received light rain for the rest of the night, another 20mm to bring it to 65mm in total
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| Hail the next morning in the netting, about 50% melted |
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| Hail around the base of an immature Avacado |
We have decided to cut a square out of the netting where the hail accumulated and "sew" in, with 0.7mm gauge wire, a 50cm x 50cm patch of chicken wire to let the accumulated hail fall through. I am sure after all that work we'll never get a hail storm again OR the hail will be so huge it simply blocks the holes !
Fruit has been bagged
We were caught out badly by fruit fly in the Nectarine and Peach trees last year. On guard this year, Toni had prepared with plenty of bags sown from muslin purchased from a local shop and gauze netting she found at an Op Shop as well as waxed paper isolation bags where appropriate . We're hopeful this will stop the little buggers !
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| Fruit bagged on Peach Tree |
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