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Michael Genovese
@summerdreamsfarm

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I've never seen so much lightning! Last night major storms plowed though the southern half of Michigan. Several tornados touched down within an hour of where we live. Here on the farm we were dumped on with 2.5" of rain and up to 45 mph gusts. Last night I spent some time wandering the fields and taking in its beauty. The plants were really looking good and starting to produce well. I'm glad I looked, because today harvesting for the market things looked different. There are a ton of #dahlia plants laying at a 45 degree angle in the fields. Many of the #flowers on the plants had to be tossed away because they were so bruised and battered by the storm. The field still looks alright and there will be plenty of flowers for upcoming events, but there are definitely going to be losses. It is so frustrating to work so hard only for it to fall apart on you the last couple weeks of the season. Oh well. I suppose that is farming... Because of the storm, I won't be able to list more tickets for this weekend's You Pick. I hope to see you at market tomorrow morning! I have lots of beautiful stuff coming with me, although it took much longer to harvest than I hoped! Today's dahlia is Labyrinth! I have a full bucket of these beauties coming with me tomorrow!