FREAK WINTER STORM SLAYS MY GARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!

roccman

Ok - I am usually a level headed...cool collected...rationale...deliberate individual, but this pushed me over the lunatic fringe!!!!

A freak winter storm rolled into town...hail, snow, gail force winds...I expect a complete loss from our very young garden.

I purposefully waited till mid-may to be sure mother nature was tamed.

Hell no!!!

Let me tell you something folks...unless you have 5 years of food stored somewhere...you are as good as dead.

Holy hell I am pissed.

(ya'll noticed I did not use one bad word on this little rant...kids read PO ya know!!)
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Specop_007 · Expert Joined: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 6235

Actually, you said hell....

But aside from those little things, that sucks man. We've been having a bit of a fit with the weather too.

How cold did it get? Would covering or watering the garden have saved it?

This is why I strongly encourage staggering crops. Our first seeds were planted roughly a month and a half ago. I have some that we started 1-2 weeks ago and will go in the garden shortly. Been planting things about every 2 weeks for nearly the past 2 months. Theres a reason for that.... I may lose my leading and trailing crops, but damn some of is gonna make it!!

The brute force approach isnt always bad ya know. Very Happy

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I'm sorry to hear of your produce loss to weather. I can relate. (My peaches took a beating a few weeks ago.) Perhaps it's not too late in the season to start a few other things.
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We were canning beans the first of June last year and can't get one plant over 10" this year.

We are having some tough times in the garden too, after tough times in the greenhouse.

The reason I bumped up the Survival Garden thread...

Hang in there, Man.
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Jack · Dark Lord Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 5085

Farmers are gamblers. Those farming for subsistence play for the highest stakes possible.

Sometime, if you get the chance, talk with someone who came from a subsistence farming background. I believe you will discover it was lots of work, meager rations, boring meals (think black eyed peas for months with no respite), small game (squirrels) - and not much else.

Those who preach sustainable agriculture offer a view that diverges from what I hear. I have a nasty suspicion that the proponents of modern sustainable agriculture are indulging in irrational exuberance.

You've experienced a weather surprise. What happens if you get a hail storm just prior to harvest? Add in bugs. Wild animals. Birds. Human thieves.

Post-peak is going to be a hungry time.

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joeltrout · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Sep 19, 2007 Posts: 1317

That stinks. I have been there before when I lived in Oklahoma and freak storm came in.

SoCal is a different story. I picked my first ripe tomato yesterday and have already picked numerous peppers (jalapeno and NM big jim chile). I guess that is the 1 good thing about living here.

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Roccman wrote:

"(ya'll noticed I did not use one bad word on this little rant...kids read PO ya know!!)"

No, but you misspelled rational.

I think your garden might pull through. We've had the same weather here & things are perking back up. In fact, 2 days after I planted, it got down to 22, then 21. That was 2 weeks ago--everything is coming up anyway. Although the latest forecast is for possible snow tonight. Btw, it was 95 here Monday...