Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to homegrown veggies. It’s the time of year when plants have burst forth from seeds, and mouth-watering tomatoes, squash and cucumbers are
and as you see behind me, this is one of the lagoons. and what the lagoons here are used for is hog waste is thrown into this lagoon and it s later used by these farmers as fertilizer in the water to fertilize crops here, but there s concern, and it has happened in recent storms, where floodwaters either overtake these lagoons and spill it out into river water or that the edges of these lagoons break down, sending all of that waste out into river water, as well. so that is one of the concerns that officials are worried about here, as this hurricane approaches. but we re here in the howard family farm. they say they re not that concerned. we are in good shape with the lagoons, but if it exceeds the amount of space we have in the lagoon, you know, they re going to overflow. and it s beyond our control. nothing that we can do about it now. there is a chance that it could bust the dam on the lagoon bank or breach the dam.