Another enemy of your garden: hail

A hailstorm visited my house in Northern California on March 24, 2011 in the late afternoon. I don't think my very young basil plants are going to survive this. (Tammy Quackenbush photo from iPhone)

There's one garden enemy I forgot to touch on in my recent post about gardening: hail.

For more information on how hail can damage your precious produce and flowers read "How to recover my plants after hail damage?" at ehow.com. There's also an article on the same site with tips on preventing hail damage.