Sunday, June 6, 2010

What the "Hail"

Just wanted you all to know that Friday evening a tremendous storm came through the Fallston area. There have been some reports of a tornado touching down a short distance from the farm. We received incredible high winds, a virtual downpour of rain, and the farmer's nightmare...hail. Many of our crops received some pretty severe damage. We'll see how things play out, but you may see a slightly smaller box of goods the next couple of weeks. Walking around the place looking at the plants, it looks like they were just hacked up or shot up with buckshot. Many of the bigger leaves, like the spinach, has holes sliced right through them where the hail just plowed through. The strawberries really got mangled, so it's doubtful they will recover in time for Wednesday's pick up. You Saturday folks lucked out because we picked most of your items Friday afternoon, just before the storm hit.

It's amazing how in maybe two minutes, things can be totally wiped out. The good news is that we aren't totally wiped out and will be fine. The blueberry bushes seemed to weather the hail pretty well. Many of the ripe berries were knocked off the branches and onto the ground. The only thing we could do was to collect them and eat them immediately...there's always a silver lining.

Vicky and Steve

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