I admit..last Saturday morning, when I was woke up at 3 am to the craziest hail I've ever seen here, battering my garden..I yelled at the sky.

Garden was okay after much assistance. But still. lol


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We didn't get much of Summer this year. Only needed to turn on the AC like 5 times.

Zucchini and cucumber did great. Herbs good. Tomatoes never ripened. Mold and bad weather for weeks, has forced constant attentiveness.

I was talking to another artist yesterday and she lost some of her crop.

Not a great growing year..


I certainly have deeper respect for farmers, and what it must be like losing a crop. Especially if that food kept their families alive. Like before there were places to buy food..everywhere.

It can happen really fast. Hours.

It's due to lack of profit, lack of export demand. I raise cattle and wheat, got hailed out this year. Didn't plant any wheat, because I need hay stocks. Thinking about getting out of the business next fall. I am sick of living like a poor person, while working my ass off. No profit for people that produce food in the USA!