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- The past two weeks have caused a lot of challenges around the homestead. From drought and heat to animals having health problems. Today we are breaking it all down.
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We live about 20 miles from Ava, “your neck of the woods”. I was deeply touched by your honesty and transparency today. Gardeners and farmers are exhausted … just trying to keep things alive, and harvests are questionable at best. I hope that your farm received some of the rain that came through today. Prayers for you, your family, your gardens, and animals… and all our Farmers!
I wonder if they may be able to tap in an aquifer on their land. Minnesota has great water that's limitless because of that. Check with local geologists at universities!
@@terracotta6294 they're plenty full throughout the country....by what I understand.
@@terracotta6294 I'm not too far from them either. Right now in our area, well diggers are booked way out (IF you can find one that answers their phone) and you're talking around 20k just to get it dug, not counting testing, liner, pump, etc. And we're in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains...we got rocks, lots of rocks, lol
@@rwjingo4955 wow that's crazy! I'm in the SC lowcountry. Our well cost us 1300 at 195ft. But we're predominantly sand and our water table is really high.
Keeping you in our prayers. Looked like the rain made it to you early this morning.
Hopefully you continue to get more rain in your area as well. Stay safe up there Danny and Wanda and keep on growing 🤠.
Great news. I hope it was a decent amount of rain!🙏
@@tarantulady8565 That rain is barely anything... woulld need to rain for a week or two straight to make a difference... hope the global warming deniers are watching!
@@pesto12601 and the chemtrail deniers that undeniably alter the weather in a man made way.
@@pesto12601 Lol
I really appreciate when homesteaders show the difficult things along with the good. Thank you
Thank you for this honest portrayal of real life on the farm. The two of you work so well together and that is such an inspiration
Growing up, my dad was a farmer and we basically grew everything we ate, other than the meat dad got from hunting and fishing. It is devastating when there were weather issues that meant a small harvest at most or when animals had accidents or health problems. So much work goes into farming but there are no guarantees of a harvest even when everything looks so good almost to the end. Tornados, hail and floods can wipe it all out in an instant. Folks who don't realize that benefit so much from a video like this one. Your garden looked so beautiful and everything seemed great until you shared todays news. My heart breaks for you and all the farmers around the globe who are having such a difficult time and no relief in sight. Thankfully, we can trust that The Lord knows our needs and will provide. He is the rock we stand on and I pray he will bless you and your family. May he bring rain to all the areas that need it and provide a second harvest. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. You are such a blessing!
This is the perfect time to dig out your ponds so that when it rains, you'll have more water available.
I never realized how much the weather affects farming until we moved to our homestead. Praying for you and all the farmers get through this rough year.
Nothing fails like prayer.... Climate change and global warming is real
Wow, i was so impressed with the beautiful green fields before. To see them brown in July is heartbreaking. Praying for rain and cloud covering
Its 'them' They influence the weather on earth. It is called GeoEngeneering. Look for patents on weather modification to get more insight.
Please continue sharing the entire reality of homesteading or farming. You have helped us better save money and choose livestock, etc. that best suit our small property. You are inspiring to us. Any time we have conversations with people interested in this lifestyle, we tell them about you and your channel as examples and explain that you tell the entire facts good or bad. You are a blessing to those of us less able, but equally excited to live the homesteading life. (even just parts of it) Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. You save others much of the issues or at least prepare us for the realities. We are always sorry when you have the issues, and are thrilled when good fortune happens to you (you make it happen with your drive and determination). Thank you!
I had a friend a few years ago say, "who farms anymore?" My defensive response was "my entire family!" The family homestead is still being farmed in Iowa and I have a cousin who is homesteading in Cabol.
I've started watching the weather in your area praying for rain. Thank you for your transparency and presenting the reality of homesteading.
Well sure. They get their food from a little phone app. Pure magic.
I'm sorry, but that is such a laughable comment your friend made. Shows the typical ignorance of the masses across many age groups. Sad, but true. They'll find out pretty quick that there WERE lots of people farming. Unbelievable to us old folks and farmers.
I actually teared up watching this video. You two were the first channel I subscribed to years ago, (different name). I am seeing so many people struggling this season and it breaks my heart. I pray for you and your family, I pray for us all. 🙏
Praying for all the farmers for relief from the drought. Stay Blessed y'all ☺️
Nothing fails like prayer
@@bipslone8880 Amen?
@@PRDreams You are wasting your time praying to an invisible man in the sky. People have been warning about climate change and global warming and they have been ignored.... YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.... drought will get worse every year no matter how much you pray to your sky God. You have no paradise waiting for you and you only get one life.... your children only get one world and you are screwing it up for them ...SHAME ON YOU
what you should do is apply yourself and call your congress people to do something about climate change instead of selling off farms to corporations for profit.
So sorry to see that now you are having all these issues. Over the time I have been watching you I have never seen your place without green grass. My prayers are with you 🙏 🙏🙏 . God be with you in the coming days 🙏
Amen.
30+ yrs of homesteading has taught me that if every year were the same, and every crop could be counted on to produce, it would be so easy that everyone would be doing it. We are in S. Central OK, where we are in exceptional drought, and on day 42 of 100+ temps; the rain just keeps missing us. Not the first year like this, and likely not the last; altho, the number of dead seed we planted this year is perplexing. We use drip irrigation, too, and years like this it runs 12-24 hours, every other day. Tho many crops didn't make at all, the ones we can keep alive, we will, hoping for fall harvests. Meanwhile, we continue to pray for rain and coolers temps for all of us. Good luck!
We live in North central Texas and had the same problem with dead seeds. 1 out of 5 might sprout.
@@mrbim1954 I'm hearing the same from all over the country, and it doesn't matter where the seed came from, or if it was new seed or some stashed for a few years that had previously been fine. What's up with the soil, is where my mind goes...?
@@mrbim1954 We're situated between Sherman and Bonham (may be neighbors).
Do you think it's Grazon or another herbicide? I've heard that stuff is NASTY and lasts for years.
Regardless... the seed "anomaly" is so wide-spread... my two guesses... it's either God or Government.
Praying for you, praying for Pier Jones... and us all.
@@frodrickfronkensteen9241 Grazon never breaks down unless you plant corn or wheat for a season or two to pull it out and break it down. Time nor sun nor rain will get rid of it. I've read up on it a lot after having two batches of contaminated compost and soil. It's criminal but also in the extended plan for total food production control. No joke. Look into it.
@@frodrickfronkensteen9241 I used potting soil so I do not think that was the problem but great thought as carry over is longer than they lead us to believe. Saving seeds this year in hopes of better results.
What a difference 2 weeks makes. I couldn't believe the devastation of your crops. I'm so sorry you're going through this and I will say prayers for the rain to come!
Now in Jesus name! God so good so gracious grant it!
It is so wonderful that you have prepped for years and will be able to get through this tough year! Definitely a testament to being prepared.
Keeping all of you effected by this drought in my prayers. Praying for rain where it is needed and no rain for flooded areas 💕🙏🏼🇺🇸
That was adorable how excited the cows were about that hay.
I'm sorry you're going through such a struggle. I hope the season ends up better than expected.
That was fun to see.
The joy of the cows getting the hay was the most precious thing to watch. My heart goes out to everyone who is having to make such incredibly hard choices. Prayers for all of you. 🙏🏻
Thank You for sharing the good AND bad. I appreciate your transparency. I'm in the desert side of Washington State...and we are in triple digit heat...110-115 for the last week. My garden looks like yours...and the realization I cant do any more to help the plants has set in. I can only water so much with irrigation before the plants drown!! The tomatoes all have sun scald...and the vines have been stressed badly enough they succumbed to the vine borer. I am going to plant a few cuke's zucchini, and beans....when they mature, it should be cooler....I HOPE!!! I guess it's just 'one of those years', isnt it?? I am really sorry about Donna...that's a real setback. Let's keep one another in PRAYER!!!
Thank you for your transparency. We have been struggling on our farm this year, too. Seems like we have been hit from all angles! It is hard losing a breeder. They are the chosen few that we as farmers allow ourselves to get close to and love. Doing the right thing... Well it just plain stinks sometimes other times it is devastating. I feel for you and the hard decision you have been forced to make. I pray you get the rain you need. Take care, my friends.
I sure wished I could make things better for you! I have to be honest, I watch your video's, and often they keep my hopes up because, everything that you are going through, we have been there for the last couple of years. So, maybe this is how we encourage each other. Our fall garden last year, and spring garden this year. failed.. What tomatoes I got on the vines were swiftly taken by the critters. I said well, the blessing is that we are here in Florida, and we can start all over. I got my tomatoes restarted and I probably would have put them in the ground this weekend...Except...what the squirrels didn't pull up, the Sandhill Cranes did. And what was left from there, the leaf miners got.. Well, what shall we do, give up? I always remind myself that the rain will return, and even when our grass looked like yours, I thanked God for the rain because I knew He would send it. When God says you are an overcomer, you are. Sometimes I think, when everything has failed, the difference is- we still get up, put on our britches, and go mow the dead grass!
Yes. I am trusting in Psalm 37. "I've never seen the righteous forsaken or seen them begging for bread." May God increase your Harvest in all areas of your life. Keep PRAISING Him!
Amen!
Do you pick the tomatoes when they first blush? Critters aren't interested until they see red fruit.
@@schex9 maybe for other critters. Squirrels however, will pick them when they are only the size of a nickel. They don't care! The farmers almanac says they will wreck a garden simply for the fun of it. I can attest to that!
Absolutely
Wow, it's a rough year for so many farms and ranches. The boys here are also having to put out hay already. They usually don't do that until November! The last few days, there have been storms around us, but zero rain on this property. 😩😢 Asking the Lord to hear the prayers of His children in this time of need, and praising Him for His goodness and mercy! Texas Deb ❤️
Amen!
Please consider sprouting so that you can feed them on sprouts. That’s how a lot of farmers did it way back when and some places are finishing their cattle that way. I think that that’s something to consider so that your animals don’t starve over winner and that you’re not forced to cull your herd
So good for all living. I do the mung (moong) beans and proved to bring up my alkalinity and so satisfying & delicious & easy to sprout!
That was one happy cow! Love it. Not to make light of the precarious situation that caused the early feeding. But take joy in the glee of the cow; so cute.
It breaks my heart to see how devastating it is on your homestead with the water shortage. I will certainly be praying for you and all the farmers across this country. I also am sorry to hear about Donna. God will get you through all of this. One day at a time ❤️
I feel your pain. This year I was so excited and filled with so much promise. I planted and my plants grew so fast and beautiful. Then the heat kicked in and I stared watering early mornings for hours. By the afternoon everything was as if I hadn't watered at all. I have tried to keep it up but it's way bigger than me. I have got to give it up for the year. Everything is dwindling away, and it is too far gone. What makes this so bad is that we know the shortages at the stores are going to be hitting and we needed to have our own food storage. Prayers is all we have now, and we know God will see us through. Lord knows I need to lose weight anyway. I can't help but believe the Government has something to do with all this heat and it's not Global Warming. Take Care sweet people and God bless you all.
I feel your distrust in government, but one thing i do know is this: If FEMA can't predict the weather, rest assured the Fed can't come anywhere near controlling it. Sometimes it's just bad luck with mother nature.
I understand your distrust of the government. But if you think about it the reason WHY the government isn't doing anything about climate change is because they're paid by the coal and oil industries so they can keep making profit while we pump the atmosphere with so much CO2. think about it. how many MILLIONS OF YEARS did it take to make all that coal and oil? Now imagine ALL of those dead bodies (cuz that's what oil is compressed dead organic matter) rotting all at once in 100 years. Its maddening. The government isn't all powerful. The real conspiracy is the corporations. And guess who else is buying up the small farms??? corporations. And guess who's trying to force the population to increase for their endless labor supply (because if you force people to have kids they don't want they end up unable to care for them. Poverty leads to desperation.Desperation leads to crime. Crime leads to prison. And prison is the ONLY legal form of slave labor in the USA). Follow the money. Not the politicians. Not the REd team or Blue team. Follow the MONEY. And then you'll see the truth of capitalists and their earth killing greed.
Besides what in nature has endless growth? What? Cancer. That's what.
@@tymbaone1 That's not true. They can and they do control the weather, just not all of it every time. And it goes way back. Just listen to President Johnson and then start doing some research.
@@desertheavens It's been going on a long time & China has big goals and much massive equipment to control the weather! Certainly no need to go way back to LBJ sadly!
I remember when Alberta (province that raises pretty much all of Canada’s beef) had a terrible drought in the early 2000s. It was terrible for the farmers and animals alike. Thankfully things rebounded, this too shall pass!
I had made a type of "hoop coop" for my garden about 2 years ago. This year, about 2 weeks ago, I took an old trampoline "tarp" and covered the hoop with it to give my garden shade from this hot sun!
I am so thankful for the rain these last few days!
I am also thankful that I didn't cut my grass so short in late June, and that I saved a bit of rain water in Spring.
There has been an abundance of grasshoppers / locust and moth caterpillars (that almost wiped out one of my very hardy tomato plants).
Shade is just one small step that I knew I could take to help my plants.
I don't know if that idea may help you or others as well, but I thought I might share. - God Bless!
I put shade cloths over 90% of my garden and added and extra watering, garden is doing well. and I'm grateful. Shade cloths are not very expensive, and I'm in Fayettevill Arkansas
We are in central Oklahoma and had no idea that Missouri was struggling as much as we have. Thank you for helping us not feel so alone in the struggle with this excessive heat and drought.
Yay for Oklahoma, I grew up in Edmond ! I live in northern Minnesota now 🥶
This is true farm life. It’s not always lush, green and perfect. This is why farmers know how to handle adversity. Love your videos, praying for all of us to get rain!
I’m in Texas and watched your video a couple of weeks ago. We have been in extreme drought for a full 4 or 5 weeks already. Nothing survived or bore any fruit or vegetables in my garden. All my hundreds of tomato blooms fried in the 108 degree heat! Tons of farmers have had to sell all their herds of cattle. It’s biblical end of times drought and beginning of famines here now! Praying for Gods mercy on all of us especially our farmer and ranchers. I don’t know about you, but I like to eat!
Nothing fails like prayer.... global warming is real
Prayers & Best Wishes to you & ALL farmers experiencing the drought... Hoping it will all turn around SOON, and you will get all the rain you need!!! ❤
It's raining there today! 🙂
@@schex9 Glad to hear it! Get the cows some pool floaties & let it pour!!!
Oh guys, I'm so sorry about Donna, your trees, hay, garden. That is so hard. Many prayers for your homestead and you.
Not a homesteader or farmer but I really appreciate this video. I was just talking to my husband about the heat and how it's going to raise prices. Lots of prayers from our family to all those out there who are struggling.
Same here....neither a farmer or a homesteader and live on the hot dry dusty drought ridden desert of CA. But I watch these types of videos instead of news....never the news because I get the actual TRUTH from my fellow Americans actually out living real life
I know you're in Missouri. (I'm in Missouri too.). I remember 6 or 7 years ago when we had another drought like this that threatened livestock. The governor opened the state's parks for grazing, allowing farmers to move their herds to "greener pastures." I'm just a little bit north of Kansas City. Northern Missouri has been lucky. It's been hot but we had plenty of rain. (It's the Ozarks the burned up this year. The rest of Missouri is green.) Ya'll down in the Ozarks need to petition Gov. Parson for some relief. He'll probably do it since he's a farmer too and has a lot of cattle in Bolivar, MO, that are suffering too. 😀
THANK YOU! Thank you Kevin and Sara for being real! I am in South Texas and the heat killed my garden 2 months ago. We have nothing to harvest, not 1 squash, bean, corn, melon, etc.. I feel for you and your garden, but you are not alone. Every garden around here is like that. We are praying for rain. All I can do is buy can goods and frozen foods to keep food in our home.
I am planning on a fall garden, replanting some foods. We had tomatoes in December last year.
I sure do hope everything turns around for you! Blessings!
My plans as well!
@@scrapykat3028 May all your plans go well.
Prayers for you all !
Thank you. I pray for everyone who is in this situation.
Appreciate that you posted this information. Farmers are up there with Law Enforcement Officers and other First Responders in my estimation of people we can't live without. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are in my prayers.
Many of our farmers and homesteaders are having so much trouble with heat and lack of rain. My heart goes out to all. Here in Michigan we've had lack of rain, heat and Japanese beetles. I've been watering by hand twice a day, taking 4-5 hours. We finally invested in some soaker hoses that has saved me a lot of time. Our fruit trees are struggling also. When I planned and planted my garden, people told me that the shade from the neighbors pine trees would inhibit growth of my plants. Turned out to be a Godsend. The cabbage and squash love it in this heat. Because we were enlarging the garden and had many setbacks such as snow in May, heat, finances to purchase extra soil etc, I was 3-4 weeks behind getting everything planted. My tomatoes are slowly just coming on. And the Abe Lincolns are absolutely delicious! So are the sweetheart cherry tomatoes. I'm just praying the green bean tunnel plants blossom and produce. I lost most of my onions due to operator error. But I learned what not to do. Thank you for sharing real life on the homestead. We've been dreaming if 5-10 acres, but rethinking that at 70 maybe the acre we have is all we can handle.
Great content! 😇😇 This is just life on the Farm! Praying 🙏🏿 for all the Farmers of the world ✝️
Thank you for being honest. We're in far SE Kansas, in similar conditions. We strung 2 10'x50' shade cloths over the main garden. While there is very little production, the plants are in decent shape and I hope for (at least) a small harvest if the weather breaks in time. One can hope LOL.
Scks -I've thought about investing in big shade clothes. I have covered tomatoes with sheets some. All over been able to can from my garden is potatoes. We're scared to start the fall garden because we aren't sure seedlings can survive. We only got .5 " it of these weekend storms. That's discouraging.
Oh gosh... devastating to see after all the hard work you guys have put in!
If you can/have access to, get some 50% white shade cloth and put over your garden. It will save the tomatoes & may help some of your other veggies. We have to grow ours like this now as in parts of South Australia as we have summers like you are experiencing now. (Fun fact- South Australia is the driest state on the world's driest inhabited continent) Also we have found mulch around plants keeps the ground much cooler and keeps moisture locked in better. (better than landscape fabric for hot/dry climates)
I hope for you guys this is a one off drought and you don't get these again in future.
Hoping you get some beautiful steady rain to regenerate all the plants and soil soon!
I was thinking of this as well. Tobacco grown for cigar wrappers is often grown under shade cloth.
Thank goodness, after two months of no rain and high temps here on our Ozark mountain top, we've finally gotten some rain and cooler temps. Of course, we can use much more because we're already feeding as well. Part of our herd was recently culled out because of this.
Love to you, Ozark neighbors.
So sorry. 😓🙏
I'm in Polk county, still waiting on the rain! Hoping we don't get passed over again! Glad you got some.
@@sarahjames2151 Thank you! We've got more coming down and I hope you're getting some. ❤️
It's here now! Praise the Lord!
@@sarahjames2151 That's awesome! Most certainly praise the Lord! ❤️
2022 has sucked for many people in many different ways. I’m glad you guys are sharing your hardships. People need to see what farmers have to deal with every day. Life is not peaches and cream. Social media makes people get a false sense of reality with things that are faked. I am praying for rain for you. You make my squirrels eating my tomatoes look like a walk in the park.
That must be the best hay ever! She wants that wonderful aroma all over her! Lol. Happy cows. Sorry you’re having a rough summer. You guys work so hard. ❤️🙏🌹
My freeze dryer will be delivered within a week! Thank you again Kevin and Sarah. Them some beautiful looking cows
We are thinking about freeze dryer!
It seems there’s a drought all over the country this year, and now parts of the country are having floods. It’s a tough year for sooooo many. ☹️ Love & prayers! ❤️🙏🏻❤️
This isn't a drought it's permanent. It will only get worse.
@@deandredunbar9618 I disagree…you’re just being a downer. I never give up and always hope for the best.
I love how honest you are. I pray you have lots of rain xx
Its 'them' They influence the weather on earth. It is called GeoEngeneering. Look for patents on weather modification to get more insight.
Love that you guys are showing the reality, risks and need for preparing for the worst as best you can. Not surprised about the greenhouse thieves, I'm sure food is scarce everywhere even for wildlife with the drought and heat.
Prayers for you both during this rough patch!
I hope by now you've received some of the rain. I'm north of you about 150 miles and we've received a couple of good rains. Definitely praying for you and others suffering in the drought. 💜
praying for rain for y'all!!
I also want to thank you for sharing this. my husband is always saying that you hardly ever see the bad stuff that happens on a homestead and how we have to be a jacks of all trades. we're farmers, veterinarians carpenters, plumber's, Mechanic's and above all we are children of God. we love y'all cause you're truthful. we were in a bad drought ourselves here in Georgia. temps were up to 111 with the humidity, just making it horrible to try and do any of the work needed. but I remembered your words. work in shifts to get things done. I harvested from the garden at 6 pm so I wouldn't feel like I was having heat stroke. we haven't had any zucchini this year yet. we get lots of flowers but then no fruit from the flowering s. believe me I am praying for rain for y'all. I know God will get you through this. might not be exactly how we want it to go, but He will get us through exactly how we need to.
Its 'them' They influence the weather on earth. It is called GeoEngeneering. Look for patents on weather modification to get more insight.
Praying for rain for you and everyone else in need. Thank you for showing the reality of what is happening, that many are not aware of. Bless both of you.
I noticed when I watered my garden that it only grew a certain amount. After a rain it would bounce in growth. I found out that any other water from any other source does not have optimum ph. Collecting rainwater in a large tank and watering with it during a dry summer can make a big difference. The correct ph will help everything from fighting disease to taste of the produce.
Shading the black mesh with straw or hay may reduce the heat surrounding the plants. I've noticed on my mesh that it is much hotter where the mesh is directly exposed to sunlight than when tomatoes and other plants are shading it.
I used very clean 5 gal buckets with an extremely small hole drilled a side near the bottom and placed the hole within 1-2 inches from the trunk of the tree. The water would travel to the root from there. My trees always done well with that technique. I had the buckets so it kept my costs down
Very smart!
Valuable information for sure. Do you recall the PH of your rainwater?
@@tryscience Rainwater is supposed to always have a neutral ph.
@@srg6532 yeah but burning Coal high in sulfur can make acid rain and I'm wondering if his rain is affected
Suggestions for your cattle: haul hay in on semi's. Maybe go in with someone else or several different farmers. Unfortunately the drought is severe in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas also so the producers know this and are charging accordingly.
Good new is Arkansas in the northern regions have recently got rain so they maybe able to produce some hay. If so take advantage of it. The shipping cost of hay right now is high.
Secondly,plant rye and/or wheat this fall. Hopefully you'll get rain later to grow it.
Really surprised about your okra. It's originally an African crop so the heat shouldn't bother it that much.
As for the rest of the garden I'd salvage what I could and start over with the tomatoes and beans. I'm not sure about the growing time you have left for other crops.
Looking at the radar today you should have received rain. Hope you did.
I'm in the southern part of Arkansas. Canadian geese are on the move. I'm hoping that this may suggest an earlier fall than normal. Cooler weather and rain might come earlier than average. Let's all hope,pray and cross our fingers and toes.
The radar is very deceiving and will show rain where in actuality there is none falling. Have seen this here, (SW Missouri) , many, many times the last couple of years. Something rotten in Denmark.
Am in North Arkansas and we have bore the brunt of the worst of the dry weather. I report daily precipitation at my point and we picked up a little over three inches of rain the closing days of July. That was after only picking up 1.40" of rain since May 24 until July 29. The more mountainous areas got more rain to the south and so the better hay producing areas are still in poor shape for now.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve been so discouraged with issues with my garden and I needed to know that it is not just me. I appreciate the real life view.
Perfectly stated! I thought it was just my little garden suffering.
You have been in my prayers. I am concerned for all the farmers, it hurts to see so many struggling in this weather. We’re in N Mississippi and haven’t had rain since May. Got about an inch yesterday, chance for more over the weekend.
Thank you for sharing what’s going on with y’all. Will continue to pray 🙏🏻
It takes courage to share difficult times. This will most likely happen to most of the cattle in our country because what I have heard was that the areas that produce most of the beef are hardest hit by the drought this year. Unfortunately, this will continue into next year because most of the breeding cows will probably have to be processed. Wishing your family the best.
I remember when we had our first home we invested in many apple trees and pears as well. The year of the gypsy moths came and ate the leaves 🍁 and killed many of them as well as our flowering bushes. We also,ended up with a water shortage and we couldn’t use a certain amount of water. We bought buckets and showered each day in order to water outside veggies and the lawn was not a great sight that year. God bless you and I hope you get a lot of rain 🌧 soon.
My garden looks like yours in regards to the drought and heat issues. I am from southwest Kansas and the drought has been really hard. It actually made me feel better to see you were dealing with some of the same issues. Now I know it is not what I am doing. Thanks!
This is so sad...when you showed us the July 14th video, and compared it to now, it was difficult to watch such beauty dry up the way it did in such a short time window. I'm even more saddened for those who aren't prepared for those are the ones who will be desperate once they wake up and realize we have finally hit the fan. I wish you guys the best. Blessings and prayers sent your way. We appreciate you guys sharing your experiences with us...the good, the bad, and the ugly. God bless y'all and your loved ones always...
Adding you to my prayers as well as other farmers affected by the heat and drought this summer.
Appreciate you showing the “Real” lifestyle of homesteading.
The struggles are real that we all face daily and you shed a spot light on it. Good job.. sorry bout Donna but she will provide in her own way in the end.
Thanks for sharing with everyone Kevin and Sarah. We will be praying for all the farmers and ranchers too. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Fred.
Thank you for sharing. Prayers for your family and the families in Missouri.
I’m so sorry for the challenges you’re coping with now. I appreciate you sharing, this reality check is helpful to those who aspire to have a larger homestead. Sending rainy prayers heavenward for you. Keep the faith, there are good things to come.
Cows are crazy! I just love how excited they get when we do something new or different in their area! New hay bale, scrub the water tank, clean out the shelter, etc. They are so curious, I love it!
I live in rural Washington County MO and we finally got some rain but next week is all bk in the upper 90s. I used to raise Donkeys and the hay issue is very hard to come by. I appreciate you guys bring real. Wishing you the best. Johnny Dean
I woke up last night and started praying for you guys. I'm so sorry your year or so has thrown you guys so many curves. I feel like we are so close to the beginning of end times. I know the lord says to not fear bit I struggle with that. I will pray more for you both. God bless
So sorry about the hard luck these last few weeks. I pray every day for rain for our farmers and ranchers. I'll add you all to the list.
This is going to be a bad winter if this continues. We have to prepare the best we can. Hang in there. Put a game camera up in your green house, if you don't get the varmit soon!
Man that drought sounds rough for you guys! Here in NZ we are having the opposite problem, we just had 5 months worth of rain in the last 3 weeks! Wish it would work to share some with you. Kia Kaha and chin up, God will provide, it will work out for the best xx
Yes, we are soggy here in Tasman/Nelson, but to me wet is sooo much better than drought. We have been through a couple of droughts and they were horrible, feel for those going through it.
I find her shirt ---> "Set your mind on things above. Not earthly things", Hypocritical
Thank you for your honesty. I have the same pasture/garden issues here in SW Missouri. I have also had some chicken loss. It’s a tough, dry season on so many homesteads. Praying for rain & cooler temperatures.
I find her shirt ---> "Set your mind on things above. Not earthly things", Hypocritical. Climate change and global warming is real and MISSOURI voted against doing anything about it.... now reap what you sow. You have destroyed your children's future.
Having to feed hay this early is never a good sign. Praying for rain for you!
Y'all remind me of the farmer who won a million dollar lottery. When asked what he's going to do with his winnings, he answered that he's gonna keep farming till it's all gone.
Praying for rainy days soon! 🙏🙏 Love you & your channel. 💕
We have been through droughts like this. One year, we had no rain from mid-June until late September. Temps were over 100 every day. Not only did the pastures burn up, the trees were severely damaged. Thank you for bringing these conditions to your TH-cam followers.
I'm glad you keep it real. People need to realize that the weather has been causing smaller yields over the course of the last few years, here and around the world. There are shortages because of this. People really should be growing as much of their food as they can. The farmers are not in the position to do it. You can't fight the weather.
I really feel for people who live in areas that are likely to be even more drought prone and heat blasted in the decades to come.
Don't feel alone in your drought. Most of OK and TX are in the same shape. Between drought, heat, and bugs my garden has been long gone. Any suggestions on controlling grasshoppers?
Yep it's been a challenge
Good morning Kevin and Sarah thank you for this video you are true homesteaders and awesome 👌 thank you for showing what real life and reality is about I will have you and other homesteaders in my prayers 🙏 🤲 take care stay safe and God bless
Truly sorry for your hard times. I'm having to leave some channels as they become more political and, to be blunt, coo coo crazy. Thank you for the great experience you bring!
Aww sorry Donna, I truly enjoyed watching her grow. thank you for being real and showing us the harsh reality.
We just got rain after weeks of drought in England. It's coming a little every day now and that's perfect for plants to recover.
I do see some silver linings for you guys. It's a big shame with Donna but you could hold back one of her daughters for breeding since it's not genetic.
With the pond you could dig it out a bit and let it collect more water from run off. I bet that as soon as you start digging it will start raining. That's always how it goes.
You are lucky to have the green house and I bet you can replace some of what you lose from the garden in the green house. It will be busy times for you guys.
We are from the Bootheel and haven't been hit quite as hard by the drought, since we get a stray shower here and there but we have definately been feeling the effects here as well. We have been blessed to be able to get an ok corn harvest this year and still have green melon vines but everything else has either died or is on its last leg here. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers and we hope some rain will make it your way. Keep your heads held high.
I feel your pain. Here in Southern Idaho we've been having heat over 100 going on three weeks now. Everything is burning up and we are in a drought as well. I pray we all survive.
Yes once the vet said hernia I immediately said time for freezer camp. Stay positive we have known this weather was coming. Take care ❤️🍀
Oh man, I so feel for you guys…I do appreciate your sharing the downs as well as the ups. Farming is a hard way of life, no about that! And I love that many like yourselves have stepped in and take. This challenge on.
Thank you, may God spare and provide for your needs.
Love you two and your honesty about farming, and food preservation - My Husband and I started out 44 years ago on a 100 yr. old farmstead on 10 Ac. Like you, we started a greenhouse, sold bedding plants, and sold veggies at the farmers market. We also commercially grew cauliflower and broccoli for two seasons for Control Data. Then we started a small Christmas tree farm on our property and sold trees for nearly 20 years and produced fresh Christmas wreaths, garland (5 1/2 mi.) in our hayday. Did both retail and wholesale for 30 + years. So, when I watch you, I certainly relate to our lives here in MN.
My Husband is a landscaper by trade and is still working at age 69 and we work our garden together. So sorry to see the devastation due to the drought. Yes, woodchucks will destroy crops and raspberries. Raccoons have ruined our sweet corn crop this year and I am so disappointed as we don't have corn for the year now. Keep the faith, you will get through these tough times, even when all seems lost. God bless!
Wow! Wish we could share some of the rain we’ve been getting! The cows are too cute! Hopefully things will turn around soon!
My prayers are with you all! 🙏🏼
It’s a tough time right now for many
I'm in Wi. and my tomatoes look the same with tough dry skins. My okra plants are huge but have no pods. I didn't get any winter squash this year. Everyone and everything is hungry and thirsty. Thank the Lord that we have been stocking up. Only He knows what is to come. We all need to pray for each other.
I feel your pain, the one day I tried to go to work after a painful fall, it was 106 here, I came home and all my rabbits except for one had died!!!! I was just devastated. We had planned on starting to breed in late Sept. now we have no male. Lost alot on this. Prayers and blessing for you all, we just have to keep trying as best we can.
Me & my ex-husband used to raise & show purebred rabbits, in North Louisiana & during the summer months, we'd freeze 2 liter bottles of water & carry them from the freezer out back to the pole barn, where the wire rabbit cages were hung, in a big wheelbarrow! The females with babies would get more than one frozen bottle, to keep cool--the bucks would each get one & that kept them cool enough to continue to breed, etc. We built the pole barn under the trees for the shade also. Sorry for you losing your rabbits! 🐇📖✝️🙌🙋♀️💖🙏
I hope y’all are getting the rain we’re getting up in Rogersville!
You guys of all have always been able to have great harvests and animals so I am so very sad with all this happening at one time for you and a lot of other farmers/homesteaders in that area, and Ok, Tx. Here in GA we are having 100+ in previous weeks, very little rain, this week and the next month and half are still going to be in the high 90's. Rough times guys! Luckily many of us have supplies stored away just for times like this.
*hugs* to you both. Prayers for a rapid recovery to your farm. May God bless you, as you bless us with all the lessons from your experiences. Thank you for sharing!
We prayed for you tonight. Droughts are so hard to go through. We had one here in south eastern WI in 2012. We are dairy farmers and reduced our heard, and still bought hay to get through. God is faithful and we enjoy your channel so much!
Wow! Can we relate, we are in Utah fighting the same things, the heat is literally burning up our garden, we have rust on everything, I think we all are praying for some relief
Thank you for sharing the hard things along with the good. We've been a farming family all our lives (East side WA, dry land wheat farming growing up and West sided WA hay, cattle and garden farming in our mid twenties) and have experienced the lack of rain and the flooding. God is good in it all and will see you through. Last year was over the top hot in our area. We experienced 109 degrees in June in the west side of WA state. Unusually high for us in general, especially for that time of year. This year was cooler, so we started late in our gardens. The ebbs and flows of weather are how most farmers see things. You are a blessing to many of us and even though your message was not all good, you encourage followers to carry on. Will be praying for the blessing of deep soaking rain.
I’m in central Texas and I’m having all the same problem mine started about a month ago. Praying for all of us
Hang in there. Sending you good thoughts and prayers for relief from the heat and drought.
I have been sending prayers to all farmers, and homesteaders. 🙏🙏
I am in Greene County NY. We haven't had anything to mow since early June. Our creek beds are bone dry. Gardens with drip systems look like late September. Even my hostas and ferns look like October. Trees are dying and wells are super low. It's heartbreaking. Last Thursday night it was nearly 90° when I went to bed. The next morning, Friday, it was 50°. I am 74. I cannot remember a summer like this...in 74 years!!!