Gardening in the high desert. I decided to put my plants in these frames so I can cover them in case of hail. A couple years ago we had so much hail the snow plows had to clear the roads. So far the plants have not noticed they are in prison and are growing well
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Hail is very common here, too, but as it generally comes with strong wind from the Southwest the best protection is to have shelter from the wind on the windward side. Cages like that would need concrete slabs on top to keep them from blowing away here.
HeathenFarmer
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June 15, 2018
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we must have more gravity here. these stay in place
I thought maybe varmints at first.
How many of these do you have? What happens if you aren't home?
Do you ever let them out so they can run and play?
AstralSmoke
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June 15, 2018
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it rains so little here you usually see it coming. but I can leave the covers on if I am not going to be around. THe plants run and play on moonless nights
@btroje at least the get out every now and then 
Funny, I'm in western Kansas and we do see some hail. Sometimes BIG hail that takes out car windows, roofs and fence rails but the only time I ever saw hail so deep it could have used a plow, was when I lived in Albuquerque. It was at least 3-4" deep, people were driving like crazies. I had just been up to Sandia peak on my motorcycle and it missed me, I followed the storm into town. Stopped at my workplace which was closer and played pool until some of it melted as I wasn't thrilled by riding in it.
DotLewis
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June 15, 2018
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it must have to do with the abrupt change from mountains to plains.
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