I’ll write more in the actual newsletter, but I thought I’d at least let you all know immediately that the freak storm this afternoon did some major damage out in the fields. Our beautiful tomato field house came down dramatically. Thanks to big hail, all our lettuce is damaged beyond repair. Some beautiful ready to harvest bok choy is completely gone. Crazy wind. Crazy water. Crazy fast. The whole storm lasted about 30 minutes, but our fields looked dramatically different when it was over. Here are some photos, taken about one hour after the storm:
The view of our fields from our house after the storm. You can see that the tomato field house is not looking good. (We tried to save it, which was exciting but useless.)
There’s no wind anymore when this photo was taken. The chard is just smashed to the ground. But it should survive.
The beets also got smashed down.
The fallen down house.
Within minutes, there was standing water everywhere. And we have very well drained ground. You can also see some row cover in the distance that was dislodged and spun across the field.
View from the south.
We’ll survive, but the farm is set back in many ways. Unfortunately, the fields were possibly in the best shape ever. Of course. We should have known something would happen. That’s farming!
Well market ended quick today because of the lovely weather, then some friends had us over for dinner, got home after dark and hoping for the best. First Nebraska winter now Nebraska spring I thought I moved.
yes, unfortunately that is farming. that was one scary storm! we have squirrels eating our strawberries…guess that is farming too.