glad you are all OK, a new day new projects to prep, relax sit down with paper and pen, redesign, consider options to better prepare outdoor areas, a makeshift coop in a garage or shed, my wooden fences are not solid, they are made with vertical planks, with 1/2 inch gaps between, neighbour has ship lap her panels gave way.. tiny little garden with cheap plastic greenhouse backed up to a wall, 6 ft below pavement level so get circular winds and flooding, lost a few bibs and bobs, due to debris.. I'm in Midlands so winds were only around 70mph here
I am so sorry for the damage you have suffered. I hope all the chickens are ok. I am glad you are ok. The weather has been really scary. I wish you all the best at rebuilding. Take care sending love and hugs from Liverpool.
Ana, glad that you are all ok I would swap out the greenhouse glass for some polycarbonate sheeting, it might still pop out in high winds, but it won't shatter 🙂
So sad and sorry to see the damage you've suffered, but I guess the main thing is that you and your family are ok. In our vegetable garden we have a medium sized green house and over the years it's been through a few storms, it's always held strong but it has Polycarbonate windows, when it's really windy they bow and bend a bit, but they've always survived, they're a few years old now and still have not discoloured or gone brittle, I don't know, but maybe it might be worth considering replacing the glass with this material? Anyway, glad you're all safe, and good luck rebuilding all your hard work.
I'm glad you, your family and your chickens are fine. You said exactly what the preppers in South Carolina and Florida said. There was no way to prepare for that kind of storm. I'm glad everything was tied down. Hug the chickens for me. I had a friend who had pet chickens and they lived in a pen inside the house three season porch. The porch had a heater and the chickens could walk around the house and then sleep in their roost on the porch at night. Maybe you could find a temporary space for them inside while you rebuild. Perhaps a greenhouse cloth can be used as a quick fix for this winter over your frame. The Alaska Granny had one in one of her videos that she just takes down for the winter. It was a clear rip stop fabric that lets the light through. The thing that most people in the recent Milton and Helene Hurricanes said they needed most was empty gas cans and generators. The gas for the generators was precious and if you didn't have it, you had to go get it with the roads impassable. Another item which someone said was invaluable was a gas powered or rechargeable chain saw to clear trees from the roads. If you had a solar panel set up, you could charge it from that. I would think that a crosscut saw or a bow saw might be a good addition, along with a hatchet in case of loss of mobility to get gas because of impassable roads.
Hope your chickens settle soon, bless them, and you get sorted. Where l am in Pembrokeshire we didn't have a drop of rain, really strange considering how much it usually rains! I've never known wind like it and to last for 36 hours or whatever it was is crazy. When we went from Red to Amber it seemed to get even worse. Hope everyone is safe x
Same here, when it’s meant to get less windy, it seems to bash us even harder, go figure. We did experience the eye of the storm with blissful piece and blue sky and then hell broke loose again
I kept you and all there in prayer; thanks for coming in and letting us know. They said it would be bad, but I had no idea. This isn't common, are they really out to change the world? Thank God all are safe, (the poor hen-girls!); Prayers for those who lost more, but hope all are uninjured. I think all we can do is abate what may come.
Ah Ana, so sorry! We escaped it, we're in Lapland, Finland on holiday, brought our children to see Santy but have to go home and access the damage. My eldest is at home and she said there was no electricity from 2am sat morning until 6.30pm sat eve which it has never been out that long. Its so hard seeing the devastation it causes after all your hard work!
We have a few slates and fence panels to repair today, but no flooding. It is upsetting to see your hard work strewn about, but it can all be fixed once you've gotten over the shock and disappointment. I honestly dont think using screws would have saved the frames, that wind was going to push everything over. The "girls" will take a while to get over the shock though. I have found my polytunnels to survive all gales so far They are the strong ones, and worth every penny. We used screw in fixers, that literally screw into the subsoil to a depth of about 18 inches as we are on a low hillside facing the sea. I use "hoops" to make covered beds as wind slips over the curved profiles.
Hey Ana, I'm so sorry to hear about the damage from the storm. It sounds awful! You're incredibly strong and resilient though, and I know you'll get through this. Focus on rebuilding, repairing, and renewing. Thinking of you and your family, and sending you strength to pick yourselves up and recover. 💪
Sorry to see all the damage,thank goodness I prepared for the wind by weighing everything down and putting it all in one corner,had minor damage to fences and hedges but found my neighbours fascia boards and a few bits of debris here and there,trees came down in neighbours gardens quite big conifers and other trees,i will be helping them out as have a chainsaw and other tools,i thought my shed would of had more damage but it held up,a little bit of planning and you can rebuild things stronger and reinforce things or replace glass with plastic etc,but no one was 100% prepared for that wind as it was 80 to 90 mph along the Pembrokeshire coast.
I found polycarbonate sheets but my worry they will fly even easier in the next storm? Glass sheet £50 per piece corrugated polycarbonate cheaper than solid poly but I’m worried of loosing all the sheets then
@@AnasFoodLifestyle I've replaced a few panels with poly as the glass ones broke. They haven't gone flying (yet), although I haven't had quite the winds you have had. It helps that I have netting over mine anyway to keep the sunlight from beating through too much and scorching the plants. I'm sure there is a way to ensure they are fixed down firmly.
@@AnasFoodLifestyle What you can do is when you fit the polycarbonate sheets in use mastic sealant. And use the clips as well. That should sort it out for you. Hope this will help.
I'll never regret not gardening ! What an awful amount of damage ! I know you worked so hard on that but now you have to ask yourself is it worth it ? Take care Ana , glad to see you safe ,you do look a little shaken
oh poor girls 😮yea here in devon the wind is still fairly strong and bitter not as it was but tried to take me off my feet a few moments ago i felt it wrap around me as i put the recycling in the out side store in the porch ❤😮😮😮😮aww the wind was terrible ❤❤
Remember bad weather season is not over so solve all the problem areas now you know where they are! Do something to get the water away , cheap chicken wire over green house roof tied on etc cheap remidies make a massive difference 🤗 so glad you and yours made it lass 💚
Mother left the kitchen blind hanging on the clothes line , ready for cleaning . It errr , ended up in the pond , clean now though . A cover i had on one of my cars has disappeared . Dunno where that's gone , neighbours brought it for me , as they are selling their house . Cars off the road at the minute with a blown cylinder head gasket , just not had the time to fix it . Personally i wouldn't have bothered , as those things are generally more trouble than their worth . And the recycling bin was blown into the motorhome . slightly denting the door , otherwise nothing else . Annoying thing is , that the same thing happened last year , and dented the front wing . I put that right and now i've got another .
Build back better :))...you will come out of it even stronger then you are already, well better prepared then the rest, for the next chapter to follow... Good luck in rebuilding and all the best.😇👍
Good to hear that you're all okay, Ana, apart from the garden damage of course. I hope the chucks recover alright. Poor girls must have been frightened. I don't know what's happened in our locality in East Devon yet but there isn't any tree damage in our close. I'll be having a look at the seafront tomorrow. All best wishes to you and your family. :)
So sorry to see all the damage, but the most important thing is that you are all alright. You can build back, because you have the knowledge and experience, and you can build back better.
That's a real shame when you have worked so hard. I know you had some disappointments with growing your vegetables earlier in the year, slugs eating them etc. You have to be very resilient (as I'm sure you are) it's very much a long-term effort.
glad you are all OK, a new day new projects to prep, relax sit down with paper and pen, redesign, consider options to better prepare outdoor areas, a makeshift coop in a garage or shed, my wooden fences are not solid, they are made with vertical planks, with 1/2 inch gaps between, neighbour has ship lap her panels gave way.. tiny little garden with cheap plastic greenhouse backed up to a wall, 6 ft below pavement level so get circular winds and flooding, lost a few bibs and bobs, due to debris.. I'm in Midlands so winds were only around 70mph here
I am so sorry for the damage you have suffered. I hope all the chickens are ok. I am glad you are ok. The weather has been really scary. I wish you all the best at rebuilding. Take care sending love and hugs from Liverpool.
Ana, glad that you are all ok
I would swap out the greenhouse glass for some polycarbonate sheeting, it might still pop out in high winds, but it won't shatter 🙂
Glad you're all safe.
Thank you x
So sad and sorry to see the damage you've suffered, but I guess the main thing is that you and your family are ok. In our vegetable garden we have a medium sized green house and over the years it's been through a few storms, it's always held strong but it has Polycarbonate windows, when it's really windy they bow and bend a bit, but they've always survived, they're a few years old now and still have not discoloured or gone brittle, I don't know, but maybe it might be worth considering replacing the glass with this material? Anyway, glad you're all safe, and good luck rebuilding all your hard work.
I'm glad you, your family and your chickens are fine. You said exactly what the preppers in South Carolina and Florida said. There was no way to prepare for that kind of storm. I'm glad everything was tied down. Hug the chickens for me. I had a friend who had pet chickens and they lived in a pen inside the house three season porch. The porch had a heater and the chickens could walk around the house and then sleep in their roost on the porch at night. Maybe you could find a temporary space for them inside while you rebuild.
Perhaps a greenhouse cloth can be used as a quick fix for this winter over your frame. The Alaska Granny had one in one of her videos that she just takes down for the winter. It was a clear rip stop fabric that lets the light through.
The thing that most people in the recent Milton and Helene Hurricanes said they needed most was empty gas cans and generators. The gas for the generators was precious and if you didn't have it, you had to go get it with the roads impassable. Another item which someone said was invaluable was a gas powered or rechargeable chain saw to clear trees from the roads. If you had a solar panel set up, you could charge it from that. I would think that a crosscut saw or a bow saw might be a good addition, along with a hatchet in case of loss of mobility to get gas because of impassable roads.
Thank goodness you & your family are safe, I hope that your chickens will be ok & take care with all that broken glass.❤
Hope your chickens settle soon, bless them, and you get sorted. Where l am in Pembrokeshire we didn't have a drop of rain, really strange considering how much it usually rains! I've never known wind like it and to last for 36 hours or whatever it was is crazy. When we went from Red to Amber it seemed to get even worse. Hope everyone is safe x
Same here, when it’s meant to get less windy, it seems to bash us even harder, go figure. We did experience the eye of the storm with blissful piece and blue sky and then hell broke loose again
I kept you and all there in prayer; thanks for coming in and letting us know. They said it would be bad, but I had no idea. This isn't common, are they really out to change the world?
Thank God all are safe, (the poor hen-girls!); Prayers for those who lost more, but hope all are uninjured.
I think all we can do is abate what may come.
Ah Ana, so sorry! We escaped it, we're in Lapland, Finland on holiday, brought our children to see Santy but have to go home and access the damage. My eldest is at home and she said there was no electricity from 2am sat morning until 6.30pm sat eve which it has never been out that long. Its so hard seeing the devastation it causes after all your hard work!
We have a few slates and fence panels to repair today, but no flooding. It is upsetting to see your hard work strewn about, but it can all be fixed once you've gotten over the shock and disappointment. I honestly dont think using screws would have saved the frames, that wind was going to push everything over. The "girls" will take a while to get over the shock though.
I have found my polytunnels to survive all gales so far They are the strong ones, and worth every penny. We used screw in fixers, that literally screw into the subsoil to a depth of about 18 inches as we are on a low hillside facing the sea. I use "hoops" to make covered beds as wind slips over the curved profiles.
Hey Ana, I'm so sorry to hear about the damage from the storm. It sounds awful! You're incredibly strong and resilient though, and I know you'll get through this. Focus on rebuilding, repairing, and renewing. Thinking of you and your family, and sending you strength to pick yourselves up and recover. 💪
Thank you for you kind words 🥰
Sorry to see all the damage,thank goodness I prepared for the wind by weighing everything down and putting it all in one corner,had minor damage to fences and hedges but found my neighbours fascia boards and a few bits of debris here and there,trees came down in neighbours gardens quite big conifers and other trees,i will be helping them out as have a chainsaw and other tools,i thought my shed would of had more damage but it held up,a little bit of planning and you can rebuild things stronger and reinforce things or replace glass with plastic etc,but no one was 100% prepared for that wind as it was 80 to 90 mph along the Pembrokeshire coast.
I am sorry to see this. Hope you can get it sorted soon. The greenhouse may be fit perspex sheets.
Good suggestion. Polycarbonate sheets for green houses are actually more expensive than glass, though.
I found polycarbonate sheets but my worry they will fly even easier in the next storm? Glass sheet £50 per piece corrugated polycarbonate cheaper than solid poly but I’m worried of loosing all the sheets then
@@AnasFoodLifestyle I've replaced a few panels with poly as the glass ones broke. They haven't gone flying (yet), although I haven't had quite the winds you have had. It helps that I have netting over mine anyway to keep the sunlight from beating through too much and scorching the plants. I'm sure there is a way to ensure they are fixed down firmly.
@@craigd6261 polycarbonate can be screwed to the frame, instead of clips
@@AnasFoodLifestyle What you can do is when you fit the polycarbonate sheets in use mastic sealant. And use the clips as well. That should sort it out for you. Hope this will help.
I'll never regret not gardening ! What an awful amount of damage ! I know you worked so hard on that but now you have to ask yourself is it worth it ?
Take care Ana , glad to see you safe ,you do look a little shaken
oh poor girls 😮yea here in devon the wind is still fairly strong and bitter not as it was but tried to take me off my feet a few moments ago i felt it wrap around me as i put the recycling in the out side store in the porch ❤😮😮😮😮aww the wind was terrible ❤❤
At least you and the chickens are ok🙏
Remember bad weather season is not over so solve all the problem areas now you know where they are! Do something to get the water away , cheap chicken wire over green house roof tied on etc cheap remidies make a massive difference 🤗 so glad you and yours made it lass 💚
Thank you for the tip 😊
Poor chickies. Sorry to see all that damage Ana. Glad you're all safe though.x
Thank you 🙂
Mother left the kitchen blind hanging on the clothes line , ready for cleaning . It errr , ended up in the pond , clean now though . A cover i had on one of my cars has disappeared . Dunno where that's gone , neighbours brought it for me , as they are selling their house . Cars off the road at the minute with a blown cylinder head gasket , just not had the time to fix it . Personally i wouldn't have bothered , as those things are generally more trouble than their worth . And the recycling bin was blown into the motorhome . slightly denting the door , otherwise nothing else . Annoying thing is , that the same thing happened last year , and dented the front wing . I put that right and now i've got another .
Sorry to see all the damage. But the main thing is you are safe, everything else is replaceable. This is why we prep so we can ride out the bad times
Build back better :))...you will come out of it even stronger then you are already, well better prepared then the rest, for the next chapter to follow... Good luck in rebuilding and all the best.😇👍
You got hit really hard...😢 That's a real knockback. I hope you get back on track Springtime. Don't give up.
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Good to hear that you're all okay, Ana, apart from the garden damage of course. I hope the chucks recover alright. Poor girls must have been frightened. I don't know what's happened in our locality in East Devon yet but there isn't any tree damage in our close. I'll be having a look at the seafront tomorrow. All best wishes to you and your family. :)
So sorry to see all the damage, but the most important thing is that you are all alright. You can build back, because you have the knowledge and experience, and you can build back better.
Thank you x
That's a real shame when you have worked so hard. I know you had some disappointments with growing your vegetables earlier in the year, slugs eating them etc. You have to be very resilient (as I'm sure you are) it's very much a long-term effort.
I know, inwards and upwards!! No doubt you will see me with the drill again next spring 😊
My coop is the same but girls are ok.
Could you put some branches on the bottom of the coup so that the chickens don’t have to stand in the water?
Oh poor girls! 😢