Last Thursday the weather forecast was calling for hail and we scrambled to try to cover everything with row cover in hopes of protecting the plants. The hail never came. Sunday I was driving up Boulder Canyon on my way back to my cabin in Eldora and it started to hail. More of the slushball type of hail, but I was a bit concerned. Got home and heard Fort Collins was getting hit by heavy rain and hail, and then heard about tornados. I checked in with Tracy and she said we did get some small hail, but everything in the garden was okay. Phew!

Later that evening I heard that Happy Heart CSA in Fort Collins got a beating with 3 inches of hail. Dennis posted it on his Facebook page and didn’t know the extent of the damage at that time… other than plants had been shredded or smashed down. It was really wonderful to see the supportive response from his CSA members who were also on Facebook. So many folks expressing how happy they were to be supporting his CSA, for better or worse, and many offering to lend a helping hand in whatever way they could. That is the true spirit of the CSA model!

Sending good wishes to Dennis & crew, as well as any other farms who got crop damage from the hail…