The Rocky Mountains are beautiful, but they tend to bring some particular challenges to those of us who brave growing fruit and vegetables on the Front Range. Hail is a particular concern, as is late season snow. I was able to protect my garden from a May snowfall only to see it all destroyed by two hail storms of dime-sized hail that came from the south the night of Memorial Day at 2 and 4 am. Not even the plants on the south side of the house that are usually protected were safe. But we were able to replant with new plants thanks to local area nurseries so we will still have tomatoes and peppers and other good things. We have a mature tart cherry tree in our front yard that produces every third year or so. It would every year except for the hail and late snows. Last year was phenomenal and it's a good thing I canned a bunch of the harvest because this year the hail got most of the crop. For the first year I've seen a squirrel enjoying cherries. I'm guessing since everyt...
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