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season: late-spring
section: old names for storms
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the thundergust. the first real thunderstorms of the year, sudden and warm and electric. they build in the west by afternoon and arrive without much warning. the old farmers read the clouds and got the hay in.

a hailstorm in spring can ruin a garden in five minutes. the old timers called it "the hammer." there is no remedy but replanting.

the blackberry winter. a cold snap that comes after the warmth has settled in, just when the blackberries are blooming. it feels like a betrayal but the old farmers expected it. they did not plant the tender things until it passed.

a warm spring rain with no wind was called "a growing rain." you can almost hear the garden respond to it.