Natural disasters

[Farmercharliesblog]

I have been thinking about this a lot and I need to ask, how do you keep your greenhouses safe during natural disasters? I live in Great Barrington mass and we recently had a wildfire. It was called the butternut wildfire. I also know that California has been having a big wildfire. We are also prone to blizzards, drought, flooding, wildfires, small avalanches ,and small earthquakes here. Please share how you keep your greenhouses safe. It would really help.

 

[AMKuska]

I used to live in California. The best thing to do to protect from wildfires is to keep vegetation cut to the ground so there is less to burn in a ring around your greenhouse. 100 feet is considered good. With less vegetation to burn, there's less fuel for the fire to consume, so it's more likely to go around your greenhouse than destroy it.

If a fire is coming for you and water is available, soaking the ground can also be helpful.

This isn't a guarantee, fires can do crazy things, but it will help.