Storm!

Michael and I have both been in Monsoons but neither of us have experienced a storm quite like the one on Saturday. One of our friends described it as a "Florida Hurricane".
We were transplanting lettuce out when the black clouds started to roll in.  With most storms they tend to roll either to the North or South of the farm, this one stayed centre.  The wind was blowing from all directions and even now I am stunned at how few trees we lost.  I have never seen trees bend quite like that and still remain standing.  I think the market garden would have been fine if it had not been for the hail, and it was not just a little bit of hail.  The hail has left its mark all over the field, from ripping holes through leaves to physically marking the tomatoes, to putting holes into the beans and tomatillos. The wind did a great job of flattening the corn, but with the help of friends on Sunday we have fingers crossed managed to save some of the plants.

Even the greenhouse suffered damaged but this was just on the floor where the rain had ran under the base and washed the floor away.

Just as a double whammy we had another heavy rain storm through the night which has left most of the land like a mud hole and this will slow down our rescue operation of the vegetables.

A huge thank you to everyone who have helped us over the last two days and the offers of help that are coming in.  I think it will be a good couple of weeks till the farm is looking normal again and until we see the real extent of the damage.