The elderly man at the end of my road is a long time farmer and now has just a small garden! He has towering oak trees behind and in front of his garden! The trees shade all but one small corner of his garden! I noticed yesterday that everything in his garden is lush and green except that small corner! He plants a lot of corn and it's doing great where mine was blown over by the wind! His garden is shaded and the trees block the wind! I might move my garden next year! And, his garden is in his front yard! I think he knows something that I don't!
@@echtigren8188 It's definitely his choice to plant in the shade because he has a lot of land to the side of his house that he could plant but it's in direct sun light! He also puts his tomatoes in very large planters and doesn't plant them until he knows all bad weather is past! His entire garden is in his front yard!
Danny and Wanda, so sorry for your loss! Ya hate to see something like this happen to such hard working good people like you two are. I just keep getting the thoughts in my head: “God works all things together for good for those who love him and work according to his purpose!” Don’t know if that’s an exact quote but I think you can understand what I mean! Everything is going to be ok and no matter what life throws at you, you’ll move on because your both strong and survivors! Your in my prayers.🙏🕊✝️😇😇💞
Im wondering if The Most High wants to cause us to completely trust in Him. It is Written, "my Yah shall supply ALL my need, according to His riches in glory. He gave His Angels charge over me. Yahuah Elohayka cares for me"!!. Its the seaon of repentance.
The climate...and who controls the climate....would that not be the Lord God...for He is sovereign over all His creation...all one needs to do is to dig deep in the word of God to see this truth...maybe y'all should blow the dust off your bibles, then bow a knee in humble repentance to the Lord and maybe, just maybe He will relent... As the Lord God lives, the land will be laid waste and house will not be inhabited by man and the beast of the field will perish. today the spoiled world is actually rotten to the core and growing worse with each passing day... I'll leave you with the word of the Lord God...Jesus said before He returned it would be like the days of Noah and the days of Lot...not that they would come one after the other, but they would come upon us at the same time, and here we are living those days...if you have not read those accounts in awhile, or if you never have never read the account of Noah and Lot, i suggest to pull out the bible and blow the dust off it and see what lies ahead for this evil wicked world... To my Christian brethren that are not busy bodies with the world...prepare for the coming onslaught of what is to come...I'll leave you with a passage out of Isaiah...and yes it is related to end times and we ain't just there yet, but as an old time Theologian once said, all prophecy from the word of God has a near term and future fulfillment...take it as you will, but I will heed these words from my Lord Jesus Christ!!! Isaiah 26:20-21 20 Come, my people, enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. 21 For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain. Now understand this, these words are written to the child of God and not to the child of Satan, if you have not been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb...you are a child of Satan and will find yourself in the lake of fire with the father of lies (Satan) come the day of Judgment. If you have not come to Christ for His cleansing blood, may the Father of Light call you to the Lord Jesus and give you the heart to confess Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart He was raised from the dead to life. To Him be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Danny, I saw on a weather channel where there was a solar flare last week....causing intense hot wind and the intense heat. I haven’t cut my pasture in 9 years....the animals take what they need the rest goes to seed to help with next years growth. It’s not pretty but has served the life here on my small homestead. I have also found recycling my paper feed bags to cover the base of my veggie plants and fruit trees help retain moisture and prevent weeds from competing with the healthy plants...the worms like the paper, fire ants don’t seem to start colonies. Hope that helps....God bless❤️🙏🏻✝️
I work outside and last week it felt like I was being cooked. Real feel temp was 106 but it felt hotter then that. Because of uniform regulations I wasn't allowed to wear my wide brim hat.
We had success with wood chips but we didn’t plant in it until the 2nd year and even then we’d pull back the wood chips and plant directly into the soil underneath and then use the chips around it to keep the weeds out. Husband fed the fire ants Splenda sweetener and wiped them all out.
Exactly Danny, I purposely have not mowed in over a week and a half. Also last two times I mowed it was on the highest setting just to get seed tops off of the Grass. So glad because all of it is brown and dry. We are very much praying for rain. We have same thing on our trees exactly looks like they have been torched. We have really been watering new trees we planted over a month ago. Knowing we were already late in planting them. 😢😢
This happened here in central Florida!!!!! I kept saying to my mom "it's so weird, it's like something went selectively through the whole yard, killing random things!!" 😔
Danny my grandfather always stressed to us cut our grass at the highest setting. You may have to mow more but the long term effect was worth it. Like everyone else, my ground is like concrete but in our shaded areas nice and green. I pray God has mercy on us and sends rain soon. Being in country side, fires could wipe out all of us.
I tried to explain that to my father for years. He said the neighbors mow theirs like that so he had to mow his like that. His lawn was always short and brown by mid summer.
Here in central Washington state we are having the opposite problem. Unusually wet and cold spring - we are desert so usually very warm. I spoke to a farmer yesterday that told me last year they took off 40,000 lbs. of cherries and this year they got 3,000 lbs. total of cherries. I honestly thought that she was going to cry telling me the story. They are barely making it. My garden is a mess and I have had to replant several times. Weather is messed up everywhere.
I'm so sorry for what you are going through, but I can see that you are not defeated! I pray you get enough produce from your planting to prep for future use. Thank you for sharing what you found out. You are a wealth of information and an example of what faith in the Lord can do for a person. God bless you & Miss Wanda!
I live in Pearl River County, Mississippi and it's been SO dry.. UNBELIEVABLY dry. We never even got our " April showers" .. I I wasn't using an ungodly amount of water from the hose my entire garden would look the same as your corn. The Lord has blessed us with large storms for about an hour each day Saturday, Sunday & Monday. I pray yall finally get some too Danny
Ag people have told me for years that leaving grass around my fruit trees was bad for the trees. 😆 Apples, pears & peaches came through this spell without any problems -- nicely trimmed lawn turned to dust! Thank you for a new term, flash drought, for these amazing times 🤠
Danny, when you said this happens every 400 years. I subtracted 400 years from this year which was 1622.: I typed that in and guess what I got? Extreme droughts in Jamestown. Article after article on droughts in 1622. Also, in my phone's news feed, if you pass up all the celebrity gossip and other junk. There is an article called" Here comes the sun to wipe out mankind" it has a lot of information on what you hint about that could be coming. Like you say, if you do the research it is there.
I'm glad you explained why you don't use mulch of any kind. Sooo many people suggested it that do not understand your conditions at Deep South. They wanted to help, they just didn't know.
Thanks for the info Danny this confirms what I was telling my wife a couple days ago that something isn't right that things are drying out to quick and that to me the sun just feels hotter and more intense. I am in my sixties also and have gardened for many years and this is the most intense heat I can remember. I will research the flash drought Thanks again from Indiana
We have been saying the same thing. Also in Indiana. Our garden is not well and we are watering regularly. It's very frustrating. Having issues with end rot on the squash.
When I planted my potatoes, I planted in a patch where it doesn't get "full" sun and she told me that nothing would grow there. I told her just watch and see, the sun is more powerful than it used to be. They won't need as much sun. My potatoes are the biggest I've had so far.
My greens (spinach, mustard,some lettuce)went to bolt sooner than I thought they would this year. One week they were fine, and I turned wround, they were bolting. Which is fine with me. I'll use the seed.
@@nicholasthompson9388 My spinach and lettuce I decided to let grow a few more days as I broke my foot and trying to keep off it got fried in a short amount of time. They looked great, was planning to cut later then my foot went straight into a groundhog hole while going to see if the garage sale down the road had anything. Splat onto the ground. Hole was about a foot deep. Hobbled over to it today and little salvageable.
Received this video today...7.01.22 😡 But happy to receive it! This is happening in Central Texas, Kerrville, Texas. It's been 100°- 105° for 3 wks! ❤️✝️🙏🙏🙏
You are correct about the flash drought. I am a decade older than you and have been working in agriculture-farming for over fifty years and never experienced this type of event and I have experienced some really bad crop years. So far, only the New Zealand Spinach crop appears immune to the flash drought. I, being retired, and my very large dog take a sunbath on the patio for three quarters of an hour daily. this year he wants to go inside after ten minutes, and I have felt sick if I extend more than fifteen minutes. I now take his advice and I listen to his demands to go in the house. He doesn't want to stay outside in the shade, either.
My animals, goats, chickens, dogs all stay in the shade. Won't even graze in the sun. I have plenty of shade, but they won't go across the yards to better grazing. I'm giving them extra grains and hay. About 6 gals of water a day to the goats, (4). Keeping all watering bowls full and cool as possible.
My patch of watermelons are on the edge of a big oak tree and get shade in the afternoon. I planted the melons in a trench for the first time. These melons are green and lush. I water them about every 4 days letting the water run into the trench and filling it up. I mulched on the edge of the trench and the runners are everywhere.
This is also a great time to do Forest Farming...under trees. Down here it feels like the sun is naked....your talk today explains the reason for it. Thank you !
I've done some of your suggested research. Sure enough, flash droughts. And sadly, it's hit alot of areas across the country. Indiana's corn has been hit hard. Along with Kansas' wheat. We're all going to feel this in one way or another. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
The loss on your homestead hurts my heart. 😞 I know how hard of work it is to accomplish all you do. Everything is a struggle and down right fight anymore. But God will provide; we just have to stay the course and keep the faith. God bless you both.
I've been an advocate of just letting things be as much as possible in the gardens/yard; it doesn't look like the botanic gardens or Martha Stewart but it's productive and holds its own alright except for needing extra water.
I watched the vegetation all along Central and West Texas turn BROWN way too fast in early May. It was lush when I drove in and brown five days later when I left. I’ve recently seen similar, not as bad, in East Texas. John B Wells show talked about what they’re spraying on crops last night.
People have their ever lovin minds. Thy must think we are dummer than sled tracks. Danny the only thing that is surviving for me is the plants in my high tunnel , but God is good to have not given me failure for everything I’ve planted. God bless you Danny your homestead still looks good.
No words! So glad you shared the longer intro to the video. It can do somewhat in a time of no words... From a neighbor not far from Wiggins, I feel it. The sun is no longer the pretty pale yellow I remember when I was a kid riding my bike in the hot Florida sun..it is a bright white light. A light that burns everything it touches, even my well established plants in South Mississippi...or so it feels. Prepare. Prepare. Prepare. ....
I totally believe that the grand solar minimum is having a real affect,but also,here in Georgia,during the early spring, the chem trailing during the day was constant,folks started noticing and complaining, then we started hearing the planes at night. The daytime flights became minimal. We wonder how all of this spray is affecting everything! We have even seen a powdery substance on plants in the mornings…anyone else notice this or wonder the same?
Yes I know exactly what you are talking about and begins to make alot of us wondering what's actually is coming out of those chem trails , And your right and some mornings it's a brown substance and not only that it goes into our system and they have been investigating it for Years And the information is out there on it and if I could remember correctly it's " Absolutely Not Good " For you there is a scale they use of what it is can't really remember but the numbers were completely off the " Charts " I Was Shock when I found out about it and what we are breathing in that is coming from these " Chem Trails " And there all over our skys and anything that got to do with government today is " Not Trust Worthy " And as a old man who been around along time and what I see anymore " God Help Us All " And the sooner the better and a great video Sir on your thoughts and yes am glad I heard about your wood chip problem because I was going to have them dump loads of it on my land but after hearing all your problems am thinking I will pass on it , And Be Safe Out There People Our Country Is Upside Down Right Now God Bless
I planted my garden where it is shaded in the morning. The plants are doing well so far. Losing your fruit trees hurts, they take years to grow. Like you said Danny , high tunnels will be the way to grow. I am saving for one. The weather is unpredictable these days🌻
I live in zone 6B Southern Missouri... We literally were cold and super wet by the end of May and then went into '90s by June 10th within 5 to 10 days the plants have never recovered they are stunted now dying from lack of rain and this flash drought
The only thing I can think of to add to the solution is more shade. Less UV rays. Use all the brush that we cut and make posts and lattice from the limbs and put over the plants. Black plastic if you have to. Just anything to make shade over the plants. I'm gonna try it.
That sound like a great solution, i may try stretching black plastic on t posts to throw some shade at least 3hrs less direct sun should do some good. 🌼
Danny, Thank you so much for posting this video and explaining what Flash Drought is. We're seeing the same here in Tennessee. Garden was a total failure this year. Even weeds are now swiveling up and dying. When Johnson grass begins to die off, one knows it's pretty dry! I had wondered why my watering efforts couldn't bring about good results. Now I know. I planted sweet potatoes three times and still all have died. Burnt to a crisp in one day's time. Only okra seems to be doing well...so far. No corn. No beans. No potatoes. No tomatoes. No pepper. Yes, this is a very serious phenomenon and occurs right during a time when all we hear is how much food is going up in price. Let's hope and pray this ends soon.
Wow you described exactly what happened with my garden June 10th everything was lush... Then the intense heat ,winds and 3 weeks of no rain has literally shriveled fruits and leaves on existing bushes in the garden as well as in my yard...I live in southern Missouri... My hydrangea and blueberries as well
I believe you 100%. I have seen plants rapidly dying on my property here in N Texas. Every year since I have been here, summer rains have gone around me. It makes me believe that God is preparing me for what is to come by forcing me to learn to garden in extreme heat and drought.
I live in West Central Louisiana,what you are describing is exactly what is happening in my area...since the first of May,we have had 1 and 3/8” of rain,storms will form and split and move all around us,the heat has been so intense! Never seen anything like it.
😱🥺🙏🙏💜 I've been moving my plants out of the sun into partial and full shade lately ( I do container and smaller raised). Even ones that normally could takes full sun can't handle this. Northeast Florida
Here in Los Angeles, there has been UV warnings virtually every day. I am growing in a parking lot so the concrete reflects the sun so it's double intense. I have had to water twice a day and some things didn't make it. I feel for you Danny. You put so much work into things and it hurts when things fail. I pray that next year shall be better.
Same in Kentucky. In a drought and have water twice a day. After 6 hrs you can’t tell it’s been watered. Tomatoes are still a Hanging on. I been having to cover them around 3 PM because the heat so bad.
Blessings to you both. My heart and prayers 🙏 go out to you. We are having the same conditions here in west TN. I have never had to water my hydrangea bushes before this year. My garden is so bad. The cow peas are so stunted. They are about 1/3 the height they should be now. No rain in the foreseeable future either and everything is dying. It doesn't matter if it's in the shade or sun. Never had a garden this bad ever. This is why we put up for years at a time, in case of crop failures. The only thing doing good here are peppers and Roma tomatoes.
Good morning thank you for sharing this information with us Danny and this video. The weather pattern is like nothing I've ever seen before. You're homestead still look's amazing. Praying for rain and a shield of protection over you, Wanda and you're homestead ❤❤.
Danny, do you remember how nice it was before we got invaded by fire ants? It sure was easier gardening before they invaded. Here in my part of Texas our invasion of these devils started in the mid 1970’s.
I sure remember! I use to be able to put my babies on a blanket or playpen in the shade close to where I was working but these days the ants would be on them in 5 minutes. I can even walk bare foot in the grass anymore without in minutes getting ate up!
So glad you talked about your experience with back to eden gardening and wood chips. I was going to try it next year but not anymore! I live in north MS and have been battling fire ants...you have saved me a lot of wasted time, energy, and money. Thank you!
Our cucumbers were loaded with small mulberry size ones. Then they were all gone and nothing but blooms. We’ve only gotten 3 cucumbers from the plant and we usually have dozens. Not good if no grocery stores
For those of us who do not have space in our yard to have a greenhouse, I would think shade cloth could be helpful to put over the rows in the earth garden.
The sun has been so intense in Georgia for the past 2 weeks, I ordered a shade cloth for my Green Stalk vertical garden in my backyard. Now, it’s supposed to rain for 10 days.
Danny and Wanda, If you had not made your video the other day about drought in the Southeast I would not be aware. I have been praying ever since that God send rain to your farm and to all farmers. The Bible says that God gives rain to the just and unjust and so even though judgment is already on America We know that God also shows mercy during times of His wrath. Habakkuk 3. I am also praying that God Himself bind and rebuke ALL the demons attacking your farm and other farmers, that He destroy all fireants and horseflies tormenting your cows and plants, that He restore what the "locust"(Satan) has taken away...that God be your shield and your shade against radiation burning up your soil and also for the heat yhat wears ppl out and causes heart break. ; and that He be your exceedingly great reward instead. I believe that the Rapture is only a few more months away... James 5 and Jeremiah 8:20. May we keep looking up. He's anxious for His Bride as we are for Him. God bless!
We have a shade cloth we put over one of our gardens, some commercial greenhouses thew it out at the local dump...still using it for 3 years. It is old and has a few holes, but it works. I also take all the trashed trampoline netting, it works well too. Just cut it up and I use it for covering individual plantings until they take hold.
It is nice to know you get soft rain, we get most of our few inches of our yearly rain in storms 30 to 50 mile an hour winds here in Southeastern New Mexico.😃
So sorry you were not able to save more of your harvest. You and Mrs. Wanda worked so hard! 🌻Thanks for telling us about the "flash drought" as I have not heard that term up here yet.
I'm in west KY and I don't know if it's just me or what but the sun does seem way more intense. I try to stay inside during most of the day and do what I need to do early and late.
@@robertbrowning496 I know! It will feel so hot and I'm like well dang, it's only 80-something! That's not normal. And over here we are lucky to have a day with a breeze. It's just hot, humid and still, but that is normal. lol
Wow, I "googled" this and the top result is a story in Indiana about parts having a flash drought. If you look at the weather service "drought map" clearly Indiana has been bless with normal to excess rainfall this year. Now suddenly the rain has stopped and flash droughts are occurring.
I noticed my big trees have started losing there leaves like in the winter time. Brown leaves all over the ground. Also all the fields of corn all dying. The maize fields look good. The cotton looks good also. Thank you and God bless you and your family 💖
Danny and Wanda, It is sad seeing you lose all those plants and trees. Everything was so lush and beautiful. We don’t have a garden, just a few plants in pots, but so enjoy yours. Praying for rain!
Thank you for sharing! I will be doing research. I appreciate your story about the mulch. I always wondered how they kept fire ants out of those wood chips when considering getting mulch. Right after Hurricane Michael there was mulch everywhere to be had but I had this nagging feeling that there would be a lot of pine in it and within a few months of that storm our pine trees had begun to die. After hearing your experience, I feel blessed that we opted out on the mulch. It breaks my heart to see y’all go through this and your beautiful Danny corn be devastated in such a short time. I pray that y’all can salvage some of your crops and that you have a bountiful late summer or fall garden. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. Have a blessed day y’all.
We have had wood chip mulch in the raised bed garden and on the ground around it for four years now. We don’t have problems with ants building in it. So we decided to add it to our big garden this year. We are really happy with the outcome. The vegetables have done very well. We have been three weeks without rain or watering and it has done great. And we have a problem with fire ants in the grassy areas. We are in Central Alabama.
I think it started before 5 days of intense heat. I planted green beans 4 times still very few beans, cucumber 🥒 seeds didn't come up, alot of seeds didn't come up..we ended up buying plants..they grew but squash not making either..
I believe your right about the grass. Here in the the desert the sun can melt your plants. Living in extreme heat, wind and hardly no rain is a constant challenge. Susie
I live in all about 30 miles south of Richmond and I don't know what happened but I think you're right about the way that the water and the growing season shifted in America because we get three times from out of water now
I live in the same general area. Have you noticed the sun is rising and setting in a different degree than it has before about 2015? Two years ago my strawberries were burned up by the sun, I had never had that happen before. This year I used row cover above them to create a little shade and they produced beautifully.
DANNY I AM SO SORRY THIS YEAR WAS SO BAD FOR YA ALL THIS YEAR BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR YEARS I JUST DONT COMMENT TO OFTEN. I PRAY FOR YALL AND FOR THE REST OF US AS WELL.
Good morning! Thank you for sharing about the #flashdrought. I can see it happen here where I live. We finally got some rain this week. Hope more is coming.
Thank you for educating them on the facts. Ive forcefully told every single individual planting outside, do no plant without UV filter, I dont care what it is, plastic, shade cloth, screen, whatever, all around what you plant OR expect to lose it like you took your money and time and thrown out the window on the freeway. Its a shame to see so much lost this way. Mowing with a rotary blade, makes for healthier thicker grass. Spinning mowers kills grass and thickens crab grass. Yes, thats why they use rotary on golf grounds, its a fact. You want thick lush grass, use a rotary. No one believes it, til they see it.
I’m with you on this. My Mosby Prolific corn dried up, as did my cowpeas. I only picked once or twice from my purple hulls before I noticed that if I didn’t grab the pods while they were still somewhat green I would lose them. If I waited until they were turning purple they were done, if not already dried up. Only my zipper cream peas seemed to tolerate the sun, I guess because their pods are so much thicker. But the purple hulls and black eyed peas dried on the vine. I’ve fought to keep my watermelon and cantaloupe vines alive with some success, but they’re ripening when tiny, not full grown. Everything is going too fast. 🤷♀️
We're in year six of a (hopefully) seven year drought. Two weeks ago we had a 2" rain which is the most we've had at a time in years. In a typical year I would not be able to get into the garden after 2" of rain for several days without getting muddy. The second day after the rain the ground was dry and is now powdery dry with 1' cracks. My garden is very sad and unless we get rain this week, will probably be toast.
Thank you for the dig on these droughts, Danny, & Wanda. Here in Kentucky our hottest heat index was 112° the beginning of June, & we're not in the middle of summer yet.
Sorry that this happened Danny! I'm hoping for the best (and for rain). Whether it's a reaction or a weather phenomenon, there's almost always an equal and opposite counterpart to everything. Flash floods... and now flash droughts! The same thing has happened in my area. Even the weeds and the vines are dying and turning brown from the ground up, and the smaller ponds and lakes are drying up.
Sorry to hear of your losses. I, myself have lost some trees, and plants. I enjoy watching your videos and recieving all your info and your wisdom. God bless you for what you do. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the information, I definitely will be looking up "flash drought". We've had a very nice spring garden with plenty of rain, but the soil keeps seeming to get hard between the rains even though we've had lots of it. I never did get around to planting my summer vegetable seeds, I think that was God's plan. I'm going to finish harvesting the spring crops and then I think I will let the weeds cover the ground for me for 30 days, and then go directly to fall and winter crops. I can't explain it and I don't know if I'm right or not, but I have this vague feeling that the cool weather will come early, and the winter be colder than usual, and that planting the hot weather crops won't work for me this year.
My husband mows the terrace but our front yard is on a hill and our soil is sand so we have alot of flowers and native plants we decided to let them take over front yard. We water a few new plants but we have a large blue spruce and a Crabtree in front yard so plants get some shade. Our backyard is very shady but we have one area that get full sun. We have raised beds I mulched with straw keeps weeds down but extreme heat and wind dries bed quickly. So I have to check water everyday. I couldn't plant garden til end of may because of spring rains and then cold weather. So far I doing good but this year has been a w he ole new experience. I live in medium city in northern Illinois one block from Wisconsin state line. I pray for you and Wanda everyday you both are a true Blessing to the rest of the world.
Didn't know exactly what was coming but after living in TX. and now in MO. We learned quick when the "normal" heat came on around here and when to stop mowing just to make the yard look purty. I will weed eat travel area's we use often but everything else is let go until we see some rain in forecast. Think last comment I made was regarding the UV issue and I purchased shade cloth back then for greenhouse. It is the same around here in mid MO. some things doing okay and others just literally died off. Certainly is making farming/gardening a whole new game. Thanks to you and your grazon experience though I just use our own grass and mountains of leaves on our 10 acres to compost and mulch with.
Danny, you remind me so much of my dad. And I'm your age, LOL. I am going to tell you this is a long post . It is my story. one thing you said today I don't agree with. You said these flash droughts and this weather is new. I don't think it's new I think it's ancient. I'm glad I watched this because now I can give my husband a break on some of the weed eating and mowing around the house and garden. I have cancer now. I used to mow and garden and be outside with my big dogs! I took care of these things. He was an over the road owner operator. He did that for 17 years. But it is what eventually took him out of the workforce. It was very hard when he got sick at 60 years old. He is 8 years older than me and now he takes care of me. It makes me so sad because I am very grateful to him for this, but it also makes me realize all the things cancer has taken away. I used to be a Type A person. Very active in the community even though I had fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. Now I have adenocarcinoma and several areas of my body. I have had it for 28 months. They gave me 6 months to live. It was cool here in North Carolina today. I was able to get out a little bit with some protective garments and a hat. But at 11:30 I had to call it quits. He had taken me out to look at the Garden. It was so beautiful. I was very proud of him. He did not grow up in the garden. I grew up with dirt but if my nails in between my toes! It felt good to put some seeds in the ground today. It felt good to pull some weeds. I'm so thankful for people like you and Wanda. God bless you
I feel your pain. My garden is looking sad, and it was so beautiful a few weeks ago. I water daily but I don't know. I thought I was doing something wrong but you gave me an insight. Bless Ya'll
My friend who owns a small farm orchard lost half of his peach and apple trees because of a 2-4D incident that was blamed on “flash drought” by our local at extension office. He had the leaves tested by a lab, and now found out that his damage was caused by a farmer who sprayed his fields with 2-4D and it migrated on a fog .
interesting & sad Danny, so sorry this is happening. I've been watering my garden every single night and by mid afternoon next day it looks parched. The weather is so strange these days. 💔🙏
Sad news here as well, Momma Joyce left us Tuesday morning about 3am she had leg amputated 5weeks ago from staph infection transferred to nursing facility where she was NOT given meds or food or water for 3days staff said they were afraid to give anything, mom might aspirate!!! I found her having seizures on Saturday visit nurse called them strange movements! I blew up We called ambulance had her rescued from there but the damage was too great to overcome. FOLKS PLEASE CHECK LOVED ONES IN NURSING REHAB CENTERS daily if you can these places are having great staffing shortfalls untold to public as we learned. My little momma is with the Lord now and facility is under investigation in hopes NO One else would fall victim there, praying for all the aged and sick to be healed.🌼Thank You all for the prayers and well wishes over the past 8months those brought comfort to the family and greatly appreciated🌼
I have never heard of that. I found an article that NOAA did in 2019. Even though we are getting rain ( central Florida), some of the vegetables feel strange and extremely warm when picked. Appreciate the information! It is depressing going through this. But never give up! God bless you and Ms. Wanda 🙏🙏❤️
I'm so sorry for your loss of trees and crops. I see Miss Lippy is going through the same thing so I'm assuming that there are so many more. I pray you guys down south get some relief from the heat and get some rain.❤
The elderly man at the end of my road is a long time farmer and now has just a small garden! He has towering oak trees behind and in front of his garden! The trees shade all but one small corner of his garden! I noticed yesterday that everything in his garden is lush and green except that small corner! He plants a lot of corn and it's doing great where mine was blown over by the wind! His garden is shaded and the trees block the wind! I might move my garden next year! And, his garden is in his front yard! I think he knows something that I don't!
I was thinking the same ... I will start planting in the shady area from now on
@@echtigren8188 It's definitely his choice to plant in the shade because he has a lot of land to the side of his house that he could plant but it's in direct sun light! He also puts his tomatoes in very large planters and doesn't plant them until he knows all bad weather is past! His entire garden is in his front yard!
Danny and Wanda, so sorry for your loss! Ya hate to see something like this happen to such hard working good people like you two are. I just keep getting the thoughts in my head: “God works all things together for good for those who love him and work according to his purpose!” Don’t know if that’s an exact quote but I think you can understand what I mean! Everything is going to be ok and no matter what life throws at you, you’ll move on because your both strong and survivors! Your in my prayers.🙏🕊✝️😇😇💞
Im wondering if The Most High wants to cause us to completely trust in Him. It is Written, "my Yah shall supply ALL my need, according to His riches in glory. He gave His Angels charge over me. Yahuah Elohayka cares for me"!!. Its the seaon of repentance.
@@1erinjames I believe so. He wants us to surrender. Capitulate 💪🏻🙏🏻✝️❤️
The climate...and who controls the climate....would that not be the Lord God...for He is sovereign over all His creation...all one needs to do is to dig deep in the word of God to see this truth...maybe y'all should blow the dust off your bibles, then bow a knee in humble repentance to the Lord and maybe, just maybe He will relent...
As the Lord God lives, the land will be laid waste and house will not be inhabited by man and the beast of the field will perish.
today the spoiled world is actually rotten to the core and growing worse with each passing day...
I'll leave you with the word of the Lord God...Jesus said before He returned it would be like the days of Noah and the days of Lot...not that they would come one after the other, but they would come upon us at the same time, and here we are living those days...if you have not read those accounts in awhile, or if you never have never read the account of Noah and Lot, i suggest to pull out the bible and blow the dust off it and see what lies ahead for this evil wicked world...
To my Christian brethren that are not busy bodies with the world...prepare for the coming onslaught of what is to come...I'll leave you with a passage out of Isaiah...and yes it is related to end times and we ain't just there yet, but as an old time Theologian once said, all prophecy from the word of God has a near term and future fulfillment...take it as you will, but I will heed these words from my Lord Jesus Christ!!!
Isaiah 26:20-21
20 Come, my people, enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until indignation runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
Now understand this, these words are written to the child of God and not to the child of Satan, if you have not been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb...you are a child of Satan and will find yourself in the lake of fire with the father of lies (Satan) come the day of Judgment.
If you have not come to Christ for His cleansing blood, may the Father of Light call you to the Lord Jesus and give you the heart to confess Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart He was raised from the dead to life.
To Him be the glory forevermore. Amen.
@@1erinjames Why do you use Hebrew words?
Danny, I saw on a weather channel where there was a solar flare last week....causing intense hot wind and the intense heat. I haven’t cut my pasture in 9 years....the animals take what they need the rest goes to seed to help with next years growth. It’s not pretty but has served the life here on my small homestead. I have also found recycling my paper feed bags to cover the base of my veggie plants and fruit trees help retain moisture and prevent weeds from competing with the healthy plants...the worms like the paper, fire ants don’t seem to start colonies. Hope that helps....God bless❤️🙏🏻✝️
Wow, I have got to try that!😃 The worms are so aggressive here (deep E TX) & PLENTIFUL!!😡
what do you have growing on your pasture?
I work outside and last week it felt like I was being cooked. Real feel temp was 106 but it felt hotter then that. Because of uniform regulations I wasn't allowed to wear my wide brim hat.
@@julimartin3312 it works great! The strings from the bags don’t seem to break down, though.
@@anthonywilliams9937 a good mix of different grasses with clover.
We had success with wood chips but we didn’t plant in it until the 2nd year and even then we’d pull back the wood chips and plant directly into the soil underneath and then use the chips around it to keep the weeds out. Husband fed the fire ants Splenda sweetener and wiped them all out.
The bugs were so loud I thought there was something wrong with my computer lol, how I miss the country.
We have huge symphony of frogs this year. They were so quite last few years due to dry conditions.
Exactly Danny, I purposely have not mowed in over a week and a half. Also last two times I mowed it was on the highest setting just to get seed tops off of the Grass. So glad because all of it is brown and dry. We are very much praying for rain. We have same thing on our trees exactly looks like they have been torched. We have really been watering new trees we planted over a month ago. Knowing we were already late in planting them. 😢😢
This happened here in central Florida!!!!! I kept saying to my mom "it's so weird, it's like something went selectively through the whole yard, killing random things!!" 😔
Danny my grandfather always stressed to us cut our grass at the highest setting. You may have to mow more but the long term effect was worth it.
Like everyone else, my ground is like concrete but in our shaded areas nice and green.
I pray God has mercy on us and sends rain soon.
Being in country side, fires could wipe out all of us.
I tried to explain that to my father for years. He said the neighbors mow theirs like that so he had to mow his like that. His lawn was always short and brown by mid summer.
Here in central Washington state we are having the opposite problem. Unusually wet and cold spring - we are desert so usually very warm. I spoke to a farmer yesterday that told me last year they took off 40,000 lbs. of cherries and this year they got 3,000 lbs. total of cherries. I honestly thought that she was going to cry telling me the story. They are barely making it. My garden is a mess and I have had to replant several times. Weather is messed up everywhere.
I'm so sorry for what you are going through, but I can see that you are not defeated! I pray you get enough produce from your planting to prep for future use. Thank you for sharing what you found out. You are a wealth of information and an example of what faith in the Lord can do for a person. God bless you & Miss Wanda!
I live in Pearl River County, Mississippi and it's been SO dry.. UNBELIEVABLY dry. We never even got our " April showers" .. I I wasn't using an ungodly amount of water from the hose my entire garden would look the same as your corn. The Lord has blessed us with large storms for about an hour each day Saturday, Sunday & Monday. I pray yall finally get some too Danny
Ag people have told me for years that leaving grass around my fruit trees was bad for the trees. 😆 Apples, pears & peaches came through this spell without any problems -- nicely trimmed lawn turned to dust! Thank you for a new term, flash drought, for these amazing times 🤠
Thank you so much for explaining this now I dont feel like such a failure as a first year gardener!!
Danny, when you said this happens every 400 years. I subtracted 400 years from this year which was 1622.: I typed that in and guess what I got? Extreme droughts in Jamestown. Article after article on droughts in 1622. Also, in my phone's news feed, if you pass up all the celebrity gossip and other junk. There is an article called" Here comes the sun to wipe out mankind" it has a lot of information on what you hint about that could be coming. Like you say, if you do the research it is there.
I'm glad you explained why you don't use mulch of any kind. Sooo many people suggested it that do not understand your conditions at Deep South. They wanted to help, they just didn't know.
Thanks for the info Danny this confirms what I was telling my wife a couple days ago that something isn't right that things are drying out to quick and that to me the sun just feels hotter and more intense. I am in my sixties also and have gardened for many years and this is the most intense heat I can remember. I will research the flash drought Thanks again from Indiana
We said the same thing here. Doesn't feel right.
We have been saying the same thing. Also in Indiana. Our garden is not well and we are watering regularly. It's very frustrating. Having issues with end rot on the squash.
When I planted my potatoes, I planted in a patch where it doesn't get "full" sun and she told me that nothing would grow there.
I told her just watch and see, the sun is more powerful than it used to be. They won't need as much sun.
My potatoes are the biggest I've had so far.
My shady areas are doing better than the sunny. Getting burnt stuff and in the northern half of the country.
My greens (spinach, mustard,some lettuce)went to bolt sooner than I thought they would this year. One week they were fine, and I turned wround, they were bolting.
Which is fine with me. I'll use the seed.
@@nicholasthompson9388 My spinach and lettuce I decided to let grow a few more days as I broke my foot and trying to keep off it got fried in a short amount of time. They looked great, was planning to cut later then my foot went straight into a groundhog hole while going to see if the garage sale down the road had anything. Splat onto the ground. Hole was about a foot deep. Hobbled over to it today and little salvageable.
Received this video today...7.01.22 😡
But happy to receive it!
This is happening in Central Texas, Kerrville, Texas.
It's been 100°- 105° for 3 wks!
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You are correct about the flash drought. I am a decade older than you and have been working in agriculture-farming for over fifty years and never experienced this type of event and I have experienced some really bad crop years. So far, only the New Zealand Spinach crop appears immune to the flash drought.
I, being retired, and my very large dog take a sunbath on the patio for three quarters of an hour daily. this year he wants to go inside after ten minutes, and I have felt sick if I extend more than fifteen minutes. I now take his advice and I listen to his demands to go in the house. He doesn't want to stay outside in the shade, either.
My animals, goats, chickens, dogs all stay in the shade. Won't even graze in the sun. I have plenty of shade, but they won't go across the yards to better grazing. I'm giving them extra grains and hay. About 6 gals of water a day to the goats, (4). Keeping all watering bowls full and cool as possible.
My patch of watermelons are on the edge of a big oak tree and get shade in the afternoon. I planted the melons in a trench for the first time. These melons are green and lush. I water them about every 4 days letting the water run into the trench and filling it up. I mulched on the edge of the trench and the runners are everywhere.
“He’s give us many comforts; He has the right to take away./ May the Lord be praised in glory now and ever. Let us pray.” Old funeral song
This is also a great time to do Forest Farming...under trees. Down here it feels like the sun is naked....your talk today explains the reason for it.
Thank you !
I've done some of your suggested research. Sure enough, flash droughts. And sadly, it's hit alot of areas across the country. Indiana's corn has been hit hard. Along with Kansas' wheat. We're all going to feel this in one way or another. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
A farmer here in Arkansas said "we better get some.rain or we aren't going to have any hay."
I just about cried 😭 my goodness...it breaks my heart 💔 to see life dieing.....
Radiation yes makes sense
The loss on your homestead hurts my heart. 😞 I know how hard of work it is to accomplish all you do. Everything is a struggle and down right fight anymore. But God will provide; we just have to stay the course and keep the faith.
God bless you both.
My sentiments exactly. My heart is beginning to ache more frequently.
WOW MY HEART IS BREAKING TO SEE ALL OF YOURS AND WANDA'S HARD WORK BURNING UP FAMILY , GOD BLESS YOU AND WANDA FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US ALL .
I've been an advocate of just letting things be as much as possible in the gardens/yard; it doesn't look like the botanic gardens or Martha Stewart but it's productive and holds its own alright except for needing extra water.
I watched the vegetation all along Central and West Texas turn BROWN way too fast in early May. It was lush when I drove in and brown five days later when I left. I’ve recently seen similar, not as bad, in East Texas.
John B Wells show talked about what they’re spraying on crops last night.
Here in Georgia, I saw green grass turn half brown over like a week or so.
People have their ever lovin minds. Thy must think we are dummer than sled tracks. Danny the only thing that is surviving for me is the plants in my high tunnel , but God is good to have not given me failure for everything I’ve planted. God bless you Danny your homestead still looks good.
Thank you Danny for once again sharing what you know with us. For what it's worth your words carry weight here at my house.
No words! So glad you shared the longer intro to the video. It can do somewhat in a time of no words...
From a neighbor not far from Wiggins, I feel it.
The sun is no longer the pretty pale yellow I remember when I was a kid riding my bike in the hot Florida sun..it is a bright white light. A light that burns everything it touches, even my well established plants in South Mississippi...or so it feels.
Prepare. Prepare. Prepare. ....
Yea, 400 year cycle...there is nothing new under the sun...whether yellow or white....
I totally believe that the grand solar minimum is having a real affect,but also,here in Georgia,during the early spring, the chem trailing during the day was constant,folks started noticing and complaining, then we started hearing the planes at night. The daytime flights became minimal. We wonder how all of this spray is affecting everything! We have even seen a powdery substance on plants in the mornings…anyone else notice this or wonder the same?
Yes. Same here in NE Georgia. What is this powder film!?
Maybe powdery mildew...
been going on for years
They have been spraying us like the mosquito truck in SE Texas.
Yes I know exactly what you are talking about and begins to make alot of us wondering what's actually is coming out of those chem trails , And your right and some mornings it's a brown substance and not only that it goes into our system and they have been investigating it for Years And the information is out there on it and if I could remember correctly it's " Absolutely Not Good " For you there is a scale they use of what it is can't really remember but the numbers were completely off the " Charts " I Was Shock when I found out about it and what we are breathing in that is coming from these " Chem Trails " And there all over our skys and anything that got to do with government today is " Not Trust Worthy " And as a old man who been around along time and what I see anymore " God Help Us All " And the sooner the better and a great video Sir on your thoughts and yes am glad I heard about your wood chip problem because I was going to have them dump loads of it on my land but after hearing all your problems am thinking I will pass on it , And Be Safe Out There People Our Country Is Upside Down Right Now God Bless
I planted my garden where it is shaded in the morning. The plants are doing well so far. Losing your fruit trees hurts, they take years to grow. Like you said Danny , high tunnels will be the way to grow. I am saving for one. The weather is unpredictable these days🌻
I live in zone 6B Southern Missouri... We literally were cold and super wet by the end of May and then went into '90s by June 10th within 5 to 10 days the plants have never recovered they are stunted now dying from lack of rain and this flash drought
The only thing I can think of to add to the solution is more shade. Less UV rays. Use all the brush that we cut and make posts and lattice from the limbs and put over the plants. Black plastic if you have to. Just anything to make shade over the plants. I'm gonna try it.
That sound like a great solution, i may try stretching black plastic on t posts to throw some shade at least 3hrs less direct sun should do some good. 🌼
@@kimedmonson3134 Yes it would I believe or plant on the East side of a structure or large tree. Luck to you!
May you be blessed!
Danny, Thank you so much for posting this video and explaining what Flash Drought is. We're seeing the same here in Tennessee. Garden was a total failure this year. Even weeds are now swiveling up and dying. When Johnson grass begins to die off, one knows it's pretty dry! I had wondered why my watering efforts couldn't bring about good results. Now I know. I planted sweet potatoes three times and still all have died. Burnt to a crisp in one day's time. Only okra seems to be doing well...so far. No corn. No beans. No potatoes. No tomatoes. No pepper. Yes, this is a very serious phenomenon and occurs right during a time when all we hear is how much food is going up in price. Let's hope and pray this ends soon.
Prayers for good healing rain
Wow you described exactly what happened with my garden June 10th everything was lush... Then the intense heat ,winds and 3 weeks of no rain has literally shriveled fruits and leaves on existing bushes in the garden as well as in my yard...I live in southern Missouri... My hydrangea and blueberries as well
I believe you 100%. I have seen plants rapidly dying on my property here in N Texas. Every year since I have been here, summer rains have gone around me. It makes me believe that God is preparing me for what is to come by forcing me to learn to garden in extreme heat and drought.
Same here in east tx. The storms will just split and go around and form again just south of town.
I live in West Central Louisiana,what you are describing is exactly what is happening in my area...since the first of May,we have had 1 and 3/8” of rain,storms will form and split and move all around us,the heat has been so intense! Never seen anything like it.
😱🥺🙏🙏💜 I've been moving my plants out of the sun into partial and full shade lately ( I do container and smaller raised). Even ones that normally could takes full sun can't handle this. Northeast Florida
Here in Los Angeles, there has been UV warnings virtually every day. I am growing in a parking lot so the concrete reflects the sun so it's double intense. I have had to water twice a day and some things didn't make it. I feel for you Danny. You put so much work into things and it hurts when things fail. I pray that next year shall be better.
Same in Kentucky. In a drought and have water twice a day. After 6 hrs you can’t tell it’s been watered. Tomatoes are still a
Hanging on. I been having to cover them around 3 PM because the heat so bad.
Blessings to you both. My heart and prayers 🙏 go out to you. We are having the same conditions here in west TN. I have never had to water my hydrangea bushes before this year. My garden is so bad. The cow peas are so stunted. They are about 1/3 the height they should be now. No rain in the foreseeable future either and everything is dying. It doesn't matter if it's in the shade or sun. Never had a garden this bad ever. This is why we put up for years at a time, in case of crop failures. The only thing doing good here are peppers and Roma tomatoes.
Thanks! Danny & Wanda!
Proverbs 15:7a
"The lips of the wise disperse (spread) knowledge" ❤
The appearance of the corn is shocking. Hopefully everything in the high tunnels will come through for you.
I've been using sheer curtains covering my important plants.
Great idea! And you can get them cheap at dollar plus stores.
Good morning thank you for sharing this information with us Danny and this video. The weather pattern is like nothing I've ever seen before. You're homestead still look's amazing. Praying for rain and a shield of protection over you, Wanda and you're homestead
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Danny, do you remember how nice it was before we got invaded by fire ants? It sure was easier gardening before they invaded. Here in my part of Texas our invasion of these devils started in the mid 1970’s.
I sure remember! I use to be able to put my babies on a blanket or playpen in the shade close to where I was working but these days the ants would be on them in 5 minutes. I can even walk bare foot in the grass anymore without in minutes getting ate up!
So glad you talked about your experience with back to eden gardening and wood chips. I was going to try it next year but not anymore! I live in north MS and have been battling fire ants...you have saved me a lot of wasted time, energy, and money. Thank you!
I'm in North West Florida and have found wood chips and oak leaves mulch just bring, fire ants, bugs and fungus.
Our cucumbers were loaded with small mulberry size ones. Then they were all gone and nothing but blooms. We’ve only gotten 3 cucumbers from the plant and we usually have dozens. Not good if no grocery stores
For those of us who do not have space in our yard to have a greenhouse, I would think shade cloth could be helpful to put over the rows in the earth garden.
The sun has been so intense in Georgia for the past 2 weeks, I ordered a shade cloth for my Green Stalk vertical garden in my backyard. Now, it’s supposed to rain for 10 days.
Danny and Wanda,
If you had not made your video the other day about drought in the Southeast I would not be aware. I have been praying ever since that God send rain to your farm and to all farmers. The Bible says that God gives rain to the just and unjust and so even though judgment is already on America We know that God also shows mercy during times of His wrath.
Habakkuk 3.
I am also praying that God Himself bind and rebuke ALL the demons attacking your farm and other farmers, that He destroy all fireants and horseflies tormenting your cows and plants, that He restore what the "locust"(Satan) has taken away...that God be your shield and your shade against radiation burning up your soil and also for the heat yhat wears ppl out and causes heart break. ; and that He be your exceedingly great reward instead. I believe that the Rapture is only a few more months away...
James 5 and Jeremiah 8:20.
May we keep looking up. He's anxious for His Bride as we are for Him. God bless!
We have a shade cloth we put over one of our gardens, some commercial greenhouses thew it out at the local dump...still using it for 3 years. It is old and has a few holes, but it works. I also take all the trashed trampoline netting, it works well too. Just cut it up and I use it for covering individual plantings until they take hold.
It is softly raining in the upstate of SC right now. I am sitting out under the umbrella having coffee as it has been over a month. Such a relief…..
It is nice to know you get soft rain, we get most of our few inches of our yearly rain in storms 30 to 50 mile an hour winds here in Southeastern New Mexico.😃
I always learn something from your videos. Thanks for doing them!
So sorry you were not able to save more of your harvest. You and Mrs. Wanda worked so hard! 🌻Thanks for telling us about the "flash drought" as I have not heard that term up here yet.
I'm in west KY and I don't know if it's just me or what but the sun does seem way more intense. I try to stay inside during most of the day and do what I need to do early and late.
Same here in south central KY, even though it was only in the mid 80's still intense sun, burn ya up in hurry!
Same in north AR.
@@robertbrowning496 I know! It will feel so hot and I'm like well dang, it's only 80-something! That's not normal. And over here we are lucky to have a day with a breeze. It's just hot, humid and still, but that is normal. lol
Wow, I "googled" this and the top result is a story in Indiana about parts having a flash drought. If you look at the weather service "drought map" clearly Indiana has been bless with normal to excess rainfall this year. Now suddenly the rain has stopped and flash droughts are occurring.
I noticed my big trees have started losing there leaves like in the winter time. Brown leaves all over the ground. Also all the fields of corn all dying. The maize fields look good. The cotton looks good also. Thank you and God bless you and your family 💖
Danny and Wanda, It is sad seeing you lose all those plants and trees. Everything was so lush and beautiful. We don’t have a garden, just a few plants in pots, but so enjoy yours. Praying for rain!
Thank you for sharing! I will be doing research.
I appreciate your story about the mulch.
I always wondered how they kept fire ants out of those wood chips when considering getting mulch. Right after Hurricane Michael there was mulch everywhere to be had but I had this nagging feeling that there would be a lot of pine in it and within a few months of that storm our pine trees had begun to die.
After hearing your experience, I feel blessed that we opted out on the mulch.
It breaks my heart to see y’all go through this and your beautiful Danny corn be devastated in such a short time.
I pray that y’all can salvage some of your crops and that you have a bountiful late summer or fall garden.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. Have a blessed day y’all.
We have had wood chip mulch in the raised bed garden and on the ground around it for four years now. We don’t have problems with ants building in it. So we decided to add it to our big garden this year. We are really happy with the outcome. The vegetables have done very well. We have been three weeks without rain or watering and it has done great. And we have a problem with fire ants in the grassy areas. We are in Central Alabama.
Danny and Wanda, i am so sorry about your garden and tree. It's truly heartbreaking. Praying for you guys to get some rain soon.
I think it started before 5 days of intense heat. I planted green beans 4 times still very few beans, cucumber 🥒 seeds didn't come up, alot of seeds didn't come up..we ended up buying plants..they grew but squash not making either..
VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO, happening around North Fort Worth here this week. Really rough week. Lots of sad gardeners around here.
They call it a flash drought because they have figured out how to cause a drought in a flash!
I believe your right about the grass. Here in the the desert the sun can melt your plants. Living in extreme heat, wind and hardly no rain is a constant challenge. Susie
I live in all about 30 miles south of Richmond and I don't know what happened but I think you're right about the way that the water and the growing season shifted in America because we get three times from out of water now
I live in the same general area. Have you noticed the sun is rising and setting in a different degree than it has before about 2015? Two years ago my strawberries were burned up by the sun, I had never had that happen before. This year I used row cover above them to create a little shade and they produced beautifully.
DANNY I AM SO SORRY THIS YEAR WAS SO BAD FOR YA ALL THIS YEAR BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR YEARS I JUST DONT COMMENT TO OFTEN. I PRAY FOR YALL AND FOR THE REST OF US AS WELL.
Your homestead is still so beautiful.
hopefully you folks are finally getting some rain! We are and it has been much needed. South Central Mississippi Here.
Good morning! Thank you for sharing about the #flashdrought. I can see it happen here where I live. We finally got some rain this week. Hope more is coming.
Thank you for educating them on the facts. Ive forcefully told every single individual planting outside, do no plant without UV filter, I dont care what it is, plastic, shade cloth, screen, whatever, all around what you plant OR expect to lose it like you took your money and time and thrown out the window on the freeway. Its a shame to see so much lost this way.
Mowing with a rotary blade, makes for healthier thicker grass. Spinning mowers kills grass and thickens crab grass. Yes, thats why they use rotary on golf grounds, its a fact. You want thick lush grass, use a rotary. No one believes it, til they see it.
Thank you for the lessons you teach. Praying for rain for y’all.
I’m with you on this. My Mosby Prolific corn dried up, as did my cowpeas. I only picked once or twice from my purple hulls before I noticed that if I didn’t grab the pods while they were still somewhat green I would lose them. If I waited until they were turning purple they were done, if not already dried up. Only my zipper cream peas seemed to tolerate the sun, I guess because their pods are so much thicker. But the purple hulls and black eyed peas dried on the vine. I’ve fought to keep my watermelon and cantaloupe vines alive with some success, but they’re ripening when tiny, not full grown. Everything is going too fast. 🤷♀️
We're in year six of a (hopefully) seven year drought. Two weeks ago we had a 2" rain which is the most we've had at a time in years. In a typical year I would not be able to get into the garden after 2" of rain for several days without getting muddy. The second day after the rain the ground was dry and is now powdery dry with 1' cracks. My garden is very sad and unless we get rain this week, will probably be toast.
The intro to this video is fantastic but also soothing! Your place is beautiful!
Good morning. We received rain yesterday and I’m so grateful.
Thank you for the dig on these droughts, Danny, & Wanda. Here in Kentucky our hottest heat index was 112° the beginning of June, & we're not in the middle of summer yet.
Here in northern Illinois 6 90 degree days and everything is wilting and 2 days later your garden is dead.
This is why big AG is building massive greenhouses all over. They know if we can’t grow food, we will have to buy whatever they sell us.
Here comes more rain I hope deep south gets a life giving drink 🙏. Love you guys
Thank you for the information, the rain keeps going around us too.
Sorry that this happened Danny! I'm hoping for the best (and for rain). Whether it's a reaction or a weather phenomenon, there's almost always an equal and opposite counterpart to everything. Flash floods... and now flash droughts! The same thing has happened in my area. Even the weeds and the vines are dying and turning brown from the ground up, and the smaller ponds and lakes are drying up.
Sorry to hear of your losses. I, myself have lost some trees, and plants. I enjoy watching your videos and recieving all your info and your wisdom. God bless you for what you do. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the information, I definitely will be looking up "flash drought". We've had a very nice spring garden with plenty of rain, but the soil keeps seeming to get hard between the rains even though we've had lots of it. I never did get around to planting my summer vegetable seeds, I think that was God's plan. I'm going to finish harvesting the spring crops and then I think I will let the weeds cover the ground for me for 30 days, and then go directly to fall and winter crops. I can't explain it and I don't know if I'm right or not, but I have this vague feeling that the cool weather will come early, and the winter be colder than usual, and that planting the hot weather crops won't work for me this year.
My husband mows the terrace but our front yard is on a hill and our soil is sand so we have alot of flowers and native plants we decided to let them take over front yard. We water a few new plants but we have a large blue spruce and a Crabtree in front yard so plants get some shade. Our backyard is very shady but we have one area that get full sun. We have raised beds I mulched with straw keeps weeds down but extreme heat and wind dries bed quickly. So I have to check water everyday. I couldn't plant garden til end of may because of spring rains and then cold weather. So far I doing good but this year has been a w he ole new experience. I live in medium city in northern Illinois one block from Wisconsin state line. I pray for you and Wanda everyday you both are a true Blessing to the rest of the world.
Didn't know exactly what was coming but after living in TX. and now in MO. We learned quick when the "normal" heat came on around here and when to stop mowing just to make the yard look purty. I will weed eat travel area's we use often but everything else is let go until we see some rain in forecast. Think last comment I made was regarding the UV issue and I purchased shade cloth back then for greenhouse. It is the same around here in mid MO. some things doing okay and others just literally died off. Certainly is making farming/gardening a whole new game. Thanks to you and your grazon experience though I just use our own grass and mountains of leaves on our 10 acres to compost and mulch with.
Danny, you remind me so much of my dad. And I'm your age, LOL. I am going to tell you this is a long post . It is my story. one thing you said today I don't agree with. You said these flash droughts and this weather is new. I don't think it's new I think it's ancient. I'm glad I watched this because now I can give my husband a break on some of the weed eating and mowing around the house and garden. I have cancer now. I used to mow and garden and be outside with my big dogs! I took care of these things. He was an over the road owner operator. He did that for 17 years. But it is what eventually took him out of the workforce. It was very hard when he got sick at 60 years old. He is 8 years older than me and now he takes care of me. It makes me so sad because I am very grateful to him for this, but it also makes me realize all the things cancer has taken away. I used to be a Type A person. Very active in the community even though I had fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. Now I have adenocarcinoma and several areas of my body. I have had it for 28 months. They gave me 6 months to live. It was cool here in North Carolina today. I was able to get out a little bit with some protective garments and a hat. But at 11:30 I had to call it quits. He had taken me out to look at the Garden. It was so beautiful. I was very proud of him. He did not grow up in the garden. I grew up with dirt but if my nails in between my toes! It felt good to put some seeds in the ground today. It felt good to pull some weeds. I'm so thankful for people like you and Wanda. God bless you
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I'll look into that. I'm trying to wrap my head around why: example: a group of 4 trees, only to have 1 or 2 die, & others is unaffected.
We are going to have to change the way we tend our gardens inorder to adapt.
Danny we got our first rain in weeks yesterday. It’s drizzling some more today. Lord knows we needed it badly. Praying it’s enough to help.
I feel your pain. My garden is looking sad, and it was so beautiful a few
weeks ago. I water daily but I don't know. I thought I was doing something wrong
but you gave me an insight. Bless Ya'll
I heard this “flash drought” thing for the first time Monday too!
Good morning everyone! Another day of learning how to live in these times.
My friend who owns a small farm orchard lost half of his peach and apple trees because of a 2-4D incident that was blamed on “flash drought” by our local at extension office. He had the leaves tested by a lab, and now found out that his damage was caused by a farmer who sprayed his fields with 2-4D and it migrated on a fog .
Oh no, that's heartbreaking! 💔
Yeah you have to watch spraying 2 4 D it can drift very easy.
@@BuckeyeFan-ty4vr What is 2 4 D?
@@MiddleEastMilli it's a herbicide used to kill a lot of broadleaf weeds it has quite a bit of volatility
@@BuckeyeFan-ty4vr Thank you for answering. :)
I feel you Danny. I’m in South Carolina and my corn is stunted and brown 🥲 cherry tree, pear tree and figs all turned yellow and dropped there leaves.
interesting & sad Danny, so sorry this is happening. I've been watering my garden every single night and by mid afternoon next day it looks parched. The weather is so strange these days. 💔🙏
A famine may be coming.
Sad news here as well, Momma Joyce left us Tuesday morning about 3am she had leg amputated 5weeks ago from staph infection transferred to nursing facility where she was NOT given meds or food or water for 3days staff said they were afraid to give anything, mom might aspirate!!! I found her having seizures on Saturday visit nurse called them strange movements! I blew up We called ambulance had her rescued from there but the damage was too great to overcome. FOLKS PLEASE CHECK LOVED ONES IN NURSING REHAB CENTERS daily if you can these places are having great staffing shortfalls untold to public as we learned. My little momma is with the Lord now and facility is under investigation in hopes NO One else would fall victim there, praying for all the aged and sick to be healed.🌼Thank You all for the prayers and well wishes over the past 8months those brought comfort to the family and greatly appreciated🌼
I have never heard of that. I found an article that NOAA did in 2019. Even though we are getting rain ( central Florida), some of the vegetables feel strange and extremely warm when picked.
Appreciate the information! It is depressing going through this. But never give up!
God bless you and Ms. Wanda 🙏🙏❤️
Yes, my tomatoes and cukes are actually cooking on the vines!😡
Thanks for the info...it all makes sense. It rained in east central MS yesterday but not enough. Hang in there!
They’re taking us for fools
I'm so sorry for your loss of trees and crops. I see Miss Lippy is going through the same thing so I'm assuming that there are so many more. I pray you guys down south get some relief from the heat and get some rain.❤