We are thankful for the hail netting we purchased this year. However, moving forward we will be evaluating if gardening is worth the blood sweat and money for the small yield we get here. The Black Hills of SD consist of the perfect conditions for hail storms…ranging from pea size to golf ball size on a frequent basis.
Awww darn it Lisa!!! I know how frustrating that must feel! I’m so glad the hail netting you have helped and I’m glad the greenhouses survived. You are right it could have been so much worse and good call on that hail netting! I think you’re being realistic and you’re in problem solving mode. I love that you’re always real about things! Hugs friend! 🤗❤
Thank you friend for your kindness and hugs. Always appreciated. Greenhouses survived and that hail netting worked hard! Def being realistic and trying to find a happy medium money/time/effort wise because why throw good money after bad ya know? It happens every year for crying out loud! Thanks again Tammy
You got that right friends. That netting saved many plants compared to without. I agree so much work and planning. Thankful the animals are ok also. Praying for abundance for the both of us. Thank you!
Yep it sure can Anne. Thank you for your kindness. We have about 2 months left to our growing season so hoping we can still get a good harvest. The netting did its job
I get it. I never saw anything like it before we moved here. I have to admit I am fascinated by it but not when I have plants to protect! Thanks Mardi!
Wow! Im glad you had some protection ❤! Yes, mother nature can be so cruel/ beautiful at the same time. Love you, and nope you don't give in that easily. Blessings my friend 😊
Yeah for sure. I agree. Love you friend and thank you for your kindness and friendship. I’m debating what I want to do for next year. Have a blessed day!
That is a shame the broccoli was hit so hard so close to harvest! Yes so much hard work wasted but you were more prepared than many of us for the hail! Love you!
Yeah I was not a happy camper that’s for sure. My goal was to reduce or eliminate frozen veggies this year by replacing with our own and locally sourced farm produce. Thank you. We get so much hail we invested in that netting and it helped! Love you!
OMG Lisa that was crazy to watch. that hail netting sure looks like it work great. Step back and take it one day at a time you will make proper changes to make it better. i know nothing is absolute but you will make it better. Prayers to you Lise
Thank you Tony. The hail netting did work amazing. I’m glad it did. We will evaluate for next year. Once we know the harvest totals we can evaluate better. Ironically the hail has not been as frequent as most years. But this one was another doozy!
It's either the Damn weather or the bugs.. I'm sorry lisa. Thank God for your hail netting and your green houses, Maybe just grow stuff under the hail netting & in your greenhouses? The hurricane destroyed all of my plants! 😫
No kidding. I’m so sorry the Hurricane damaged your garden. It’s awful and my heart breaks for you. Def going to be doing something different for sure. Otherwise a waste of my time effort and money. Appreciate you friend so much. Can’t thank you enough for your friendship!
Oh my goodness Lisa at first I thought it was snow,I wish it was. Looks like the hail net did its job. Hoping the rest will survive. God bless stay safe and love y'all 💖💖💖
Your garden is still very beautfiul. Im sorry you had so much damage, but thank god for the hail nets. I am amazed at the weather you get. Here in Cali its been very hot I had planted herbs and most have died, my tomato plants are still producing but struggling very hard to stay green, Take care friend
Thank you friend. The hail netting was a huge investment and made a difference! Ugh you are dealing with some extreme heat. I’m sorry that is so hard. Hoping it gets cooler for you. It’s so challenging gardening in weather extremes. hang in there friend.
Thanks Gail. I remember when you had this happen to you. I’m over it…it’s a losing battle at this point and costing me a lot of time and effort for nothing. It’s time to make some reality based decisions because we have hail season so this happens every year multiple times in our area
I am so sorry Lisa it is defeating at times. I have lost garden to other things but thankful I can buy bulk from Amish I know. Yes its extra money but sometimes its just worth it and helps getting past the frustration. I hope those plant will pick up and grow and produce for you. Thanks for always being truthful and showing real life on your farm
Thank you Tina. Ugh I’m sorry you have had gardening losses also. Hail is so common here you would think I would be used to it hitting the garden. But nope. Each year I am shocked lol. I’m over my pity party. However we will be evaluating the garden size for next year and adding more bulk local produce cases. It makes good financial sense. I can’t grow unless under a hail net. Thank you so much for your kindness and friendship. Appreciate your wise words.
Hey friend! Yeah sure is. Anytime from spring to end of summer we can have hails storms. Typically more frequent and worse in spring. The Black Hills has a climate that is ripe for it. This one came out of nowhere
It's discouraging to think a few hours can derail months of preparation and care. We hope a lot bounces back. And that you get a much bigger harvest with what you do have remaining
Thank you friends. It is discouraging. And defeating. It was beautiful just before the storm. We have about 1 1/2 -2 months for our short season. So I do hope it bounces back. Thanks so much for being so kind. Appreciate it
So sorry about your garden Lisa. I hear what your saying about buying local. Maybe thats a good idea, downsize the garden to a more manageable size to protect from hail. But believe me, I am no stranger to putting hard work into something and then seeing it destroyed, (Remember the cows in my orchard)
WOW! So much hail. That's crazy. I'm sorry you had so much damage but I'm glad it wasn't baseball sized hail. But it still has to be such an emotionally upsetting experience. I don't think you are being rash. That's a big hit. If you do decide to continue gardening... maybe something more like a chicken run... with chicken wire and the hail netting as the ceiling. But I totally wouldn't blame you if you decide the outcome isn't worth the effort to garden there. Long distance hugs.
Thanks Dawn. We appreciate your hugs and kindness so much! It could have been much worse for sure if we did not have the hail netting. I’m still deciding. I just can’t keep spending all this time energy and money for little or to have it all obliterated. It’s a huge emotional toll because of me! I am so passionate about growing our own food I put so much pressure on myself to do it. Then there is the worry about the animals. Thank goodness the adult pigs know the drill. The piglets must have followed mom inside or they were nursing at the time. Eleanor had them behind her head at that wall. God bless that great momma! Thanks again Dawn. Appreciate you and the suggestions so much!
@BloosSelfReliance awesome! This hail netting we used did well overall. Served same purpose as yours. Just stretched a bit given the width was not as wide as we needed
@@YogiHollowFarm I only mentioned it cos it’s incredibly cheap and built to stop bits of building falling on the general public. They also keep cabbage butterflies out so no caterpillars eating your veg and let’s the rain and sun in. If you can find the black one it also goes almost invisible in some lights so it isn’t quite as obvious as the bright green or orange one xox
I'm so sorry Lisa. But....from looking at the plants in the video, most look like they will bounce back. I'm glad the hail netting worked, altho it had some sags with the collected hail. I hear where you are coming from. Being discouraged by something totally out of your control is a hard pill to swallow. Yeap, believe me....I get discouraged too with out weather. But I just won't give up. Stubborn is my middle name lol Hugs my friend.
Thanks friend. Some will bounce back and others will not from having ice lay on them so long. The main broccoli crowns were just starting to come in and many were broken off. It’s defeating for sure. I know between pests and your weather you have your own challenges. Next year if no hail netting completely on it I am not doing it. It’s maddening because why should I grow when I can have a ton more buying produce cases from local farms? We shall see and this too shall pass. Thanks so much for the hugs friend
I feel your pain on this. I have had those exact same feelings with my birds. Apparently the stubborn german in me just refuses to let nature win, so I keep pumping more and more time,money, etc into the birds out of sheer spite now. Im not sure what i would do if I did actually give up and let nature win....
You NAILED IT! thats how i feel! Must be the German in me (or the German Italian mix in me!). Like you said, you just keeping pouring your money efforts and time and same results. Crazy. At least I feel I could grow food if I HAD to. I’m conflicted because I’m so passionate about growing food! I just think I need to reevaluate at this point. Thanks friend
We are thankful for the hail netting we purchased this year. However, moving forward we will be evaluating if gardening is worth the blood sweat and money for the small yield we get here. The Black Hills of SD consist of the perfect conditions for hail storms…ranging from pea size to golf ball size on a frequent basis.
Awww darn it Lisa!!! I know how frustrating that must feel! I’m so glad the hail netting you have helped and I’m glad the greenhouses survived. You are right it could have been so much worse and good call on that hail netting! I think you’re being realistic and you’re in problem solving mode. I love that you’re always real about things! Hugs friend! 🤗❤
Thank you friend for your kindness and hugs. Always appreciated. Greenhouses survived and that hail netting worked hard! Def being realistic and trying to find a happy medium money/time/effort wise because why throw good money after bad ya know? It happens every year for crying out loud! Thanks again Tammy
It’s always something. Wind hail drought flood bugs
Yep. I’m over it. Cheaper to buy cases of produce from local farms
Glad majority survived!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks friend me too. Have a great day!
That hail netting looked like it saved a lot ❤️👍🏻
So sorry Lisa! Hopefully your garden will recover.
Thank you friend. We hope so
😮 oh my Lisa!! Thankfully you had the protection that you DID have!
No kidding! Without that hail netting we would have lost it all
Between the heat and the storms, these gardens are doing their best to stay alive to be able to feed us.
Yes they sure are!
Holy cow so much hail thank God you had that netting. So sorry. 😢what a shame. All the work that goes into a garden and planning.
You got that right friends. That netting saved many plants compared to without. I agree so much work and planning. Thankful the animals are ok also. Praying for abundance for the both of us. Thank you!
I'm sorry about the hail storm. I hope the majority of your plants survive and thrive. 🤗❤️🙏🌱🌿
Thank you Cindy. It’s frustrating. But also out of our control. Appreciate your kindness!
Nature can be cruel and spiteful sometimes☺ Glad to see plants that survived it☺
Yep it sure can Anne. Thank you for your kindness. We have about 2 months left to our growing season so hoping we can still get a good harvest. The netting did its job
@@YogiHollowFarm yes i have had to put netting too, but mine is for severe sun☺
@AnneHeyns ugh that’s brutal also!
That storm was just crazy, I’m so sorry for all the destruction. ❤️💔
Thank you Arielle for your friendship and kindness!
The netting really saved the day veggie wise Lisa. Hailstorms are a real pain. Hope you get some great late season weather to maximise your harvest.
Thanks Matthew. That hail netting sure helped a lot. Hoping in the short time we have left we can get a good harvest.!
hi Lisa. Thanks for the share. Have a great week. God bless.
Thanks Uncle Al. God bless and have a great week
That is a lot of hail! I can't even wrap my head around seeing that and the damage it can do Lisa.
I get it. I never saw anything like it before we moved here. I have to admit I am fascinated by it but not when I have plants to protect! Thanks Mardi!
Wow! Im glad you had some protection ❤! Yes, mother nature can be so cruel/ beautiful at the same time. Love you, and nope you don't give in that easily. Blessings my friend 😊
Yeah for sure. I agree. Love you friend and thank you for your kindness and friendship. I’m debating what I want to do for next year. Have a blessed day!
Whoa! Thanks for sharing Lisa. Hope you have a great rest of your week 😊
Thanks Pete. Sorry missed your premiere…was cleaning up everything. Have a great week
That is a shame the broccoli was hit so hard so close to harvest! Yes so much hard work wasted but you were more prepared than many of us for the hail! Love you!
Yeah I was not a happy camper that’s for sure. My goal was to reduce or eliminate frozen veggies this year by replacing with our own and locally sourced farm produce. Thank you. We get so much hail we invested in that netting and it helped! Love you!
Amazing 2 miles away we only had rain. About 1/4 inch. Sorry for your loss
That is wild. Crazy how it works like that. Thank you! Happy to hear you’re all ok!
OMG Lisa that was crazy to watch. that hail netting sure looks like it work great. Step back and take it one day at a time you will make proper changes to make it better. i know nothing is absolute but you will make it better. Prayers to you Lise
Thank you Tony. The hail netting did work amazing. I’m glad it did. We will evaluate for next year. Once we know the harvest totals we can evaluate better. Ironically the hail has not been as frequent as most years. But this one was another doozy!
Sorry to hear you got hit by hail again that’s really a bummer, I would feel pretty defeated as well!
Thanks friend. It’s a pain! Thankful the hail netting held up though
It's either the Damn weather or the bugs.. I'm sorry lisa.
Thank God for your hail netting and your green houses, Maybe just grow stuff under the hail netting & in your greenhouses?
The hurricane destroyed all of my plants! 😫
No kidding. I’m so sorry the Hurricane damaged your garden. It’s awful and my heart breaks for you. Def going to be doing something different for sure. Otherwise a waste of my time effort and money. Appreciate you friend so much. Can’t thank you enough for your friendship!
Wow!
Thanks
Wow 😮 I've never seen anything like that before! I'm so sorry..
Thank you very much. I appreciate your kindness.
Oh my goodness Lisa at first I thought it was snow,I wish it was. Looks like the hail net did its job. Hoping the rest will survive. God bless stay safe and love y'all 💖💖💖
Thanks Nancy. It came down fast and furious. Thats for sure. Overall the hail netting did well. Thank you so much! God bless love yall!
You are welcome Lisa, oh my goodness i believe it, glad all were in their shelters and covers that is goodit worked🎉🎉🎉@YogiHollowFarm
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Thanks for sharing💕💕
Thanks for coming along for the tour!
Your garden is still very beautfiul. Im sorry you had so much damage, but thank god for the hail nets. I am amazed at the weather you get. Here in Cali its been very hot I had planted herbs and most have died, my tomato plants are still producing but struggling very hard to stay green, Take care friend
Thank you friend. The hail netting was a huge investment and made a difference! Ugh you are dealing with some extreme heat. I’m sorry that is so hard. Hoping it gets cooler for you. It’s so challenging gardening in weather extremes. hang in there friend.
Oh Lisa. That's a bad storm. Sorry about your garden. 😢 This happened to me about 3 years ago.
Thanks Gail. I remember when you had this happen to you. I’m over it…it’s a losing battle at this point and costing me a lot of time and effort for nothing. It’s time to make some reality based decisions because we have hail season so this happens every year multiple times in our area
I am so sorry Lisa it is defeating at times. I have lost garden to other things but thankful I can buy bulk from Amish I know. Yes its extra money but sometimes its just worth it and helps getting past the frustration. I hope those plant will pick up and grow and produce for you. Thanks for always being truthful and showing real life on your farm
Thank you Tina. Ugh I’m sorry you have had gardening losses also. Hail is so common here you would think I would be used to it hitting the garden. But nope. Each year I am shocked lol. I’m over my pity party. However we will be evaluating the garden size for next year and adding more bulk local produce cases. It makes good financial sense. I can’t grow unless under a hail net. Thank you so much for your kindness and friendship. Appreciate your wise words.
Weather is crazy
For sure. I’m over it. Think I’m going to spend my money more wisely and buy cases of produce from the local farms. Lord knows I have tried so hard
Wowww!!! That is crazyy!!! How often do you have hail storms? Those pieces where huge!!!
Hey friend! Yeah sure is. Anytime from spring to end of summer we can have hails storms. Typically more frequent and worse in spring. The Black Hills has a climate that is ripe for it. This one came out of nowhere
It's discouraging to think a few hours can derail months of preparation and care. We hope a lot bounces back. And that you get a much bigger harvest with what you do have remaining
Thank you friends. It is discouraging. And defeating. It was beautiful just before the storm. We have about 1 1/2 -2 months for our short season. So I do hope it bounces back. Thanks so much for being so kind. Appreciate it
So sorry about your garden Lisa. I hear what your saying about buying local. Maybe thats a good idea, downsize the garden to a more manageable size to protect from hail. But believe me, I am no stranger to putting hard work into something and then seeing it destroyed, (Remember the cows in my orchard)
Thanks friend. Yes I remember the cows in your orchard. Ugh. I may take the next year off to buy cases of produce. Then I can compare.
WOW! So much hail. That's crazy. I'm sorry you had so much damage but I'm glad it wasn't baseball sized hail. But it still has to be such an emotionally upsetting experience. I don't think you are being rash. That's a big hit. If you do decide to continue gardening... maybe something more like a chicken run... with chicken wire and the hail netting as the ceiling. But I totally wouldn't blame you if you decide the outcome isn't worth the effort to garden there. Long distance hugs.
Thanks Dawn. We appreciate your hugs and kindness so much! It could have been much worse for sure if we did not have the hail netting. I’m still deciding. I just can’t keep spending all this time energy and money for little or to have it all obliterated. It’s a huge emotional toll because of me! I am so passionate about growing our own food I put so much pressure on myself to do it. Then there is the worry about the animals. Thank goodness the adult pigs know the drill. The piglets must have followed mom inside or they were nursing at the time. Eleanor had them behind her head at that wall. God bless that great momma! Thanks again Dawn. Appreciate you and the suggestions so much!
MAHOOSIVE HUGGLES xox I totally get it hail is awful and i haven't seen hail like that since i lived in Queensland xox
Thanks hun. It’s all good. This too shall pass and we move on
@@YogiHollowFarm scaffolding debris netting is what we use, let’s the rain and sun in but keeps everything else out, also reusable xox
@BloosSelfReliance awesome! This hail netting we used did well overall. Served same purpose as yours. Just stretched a bit given the width was not as wide as we needed
@@YogiHollowFarm I only mentioned it cos it’s incredibly cheap and built to stop bits of building falling on the general public. They also keep cabbage butterflies out so no caterpillars eating your veg and let’s the rain and sun in. If you can find the black one it also goes almost invisible in some lights so it isn’t quite as obvious as the bright green or orange one xox
@@BloosSelfReliance gotcha thanks
I'm so sorry Lisa. But....from looking at the plants in the video, most look like they will bounce back. I'm glad the hail netting worked, altho it had some sags with the collected hail. I hear where you are coming from. Being discouraged by something totally out of your control is a hard pill to swallow. Yeap, believe me....I get discouraged too with out weather. But I just won't give up. Stubborn is my middle name lol
Hugs my friend.
Thanks friend. Some will bounce back and others will not from having ice lay on them so long. The main broccoli crowns were just starting to come in and many were broken off. It’s defeating for sure. I know between pests and your weather you have your own challenges. Next year if no hail netting completely on it I am not doing it. It’s maddening because why should I grow when I can have a ton more buying produce cases from local farms? We shall see and this too shall pass. Thanks so much for the hugs friend
@YogiHollowFarm the brocolli may put on side shoots so don't give up on em.
@BroqueCowgirlHomestead correct. They sure will. Just bummed because the main crowns are much larger. This too shall pass.
I feel your pain on this. I have had those exact same feelings with my birds. Apparently the stubborn german in me just refuses to let nature win, so I keep pumping more and more time,money, etc into the birds out of sheer spite now.
Im not sure what i would do if I did actually give up and let nature win....
You NAILED IT! thats how i feel! Must be the German in me (or the German Italian mix in me!). Like you said, you just keeping pouring your money efforts and time and same results. Crazy. At least I feel I could grow food if I HAD to. I’m conflicted because I’m so passionate about growing food! I just think I need to reevaluate at this point. Thanks friend
Dang it! Such a huge disappointment. You’ve been working so hard on your gardens. I’m so sorry.
Thanks Rhonda. It is. Could have been worse without the hail netting. Thinking of taking next year off from it.