Farm Updates

When the Weather Keeps Coming

Storm damage at Hidden Bee Farm. Columbia, Tennessee. January–March 2026.

This has been a rough stretch for the farm, and we want to be honest about where things stand.

We were already worn down from Winter Storm Fern when the tornado hit. The ice storm in late January knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people across Middle Tennessee. Trees came down under the weight of the ice — not gradually, but suddenly, with that cracking sound that you don’t forget. We lost trees on the property. We dealt with downed limbs, damaged fencing, and the exhausting work of just keeping the animals safe and warm through days of outages and freezing temperatures. By the time things started to thaw, we were behind. Behind on repairs, behind on cleanup, behind on everything that had been put on hold while we were just trying to hold the line.

Ice Storm Fern — January 2026

Then on the night of March 15th, the storms came back.

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado in Maury County that tracked from near Mount Pleasant northeast through Columbia before lifting just south of Spring Hill. The City of Columbia reported radar-confirmed tornado activity, and noted that the primary affected corridor ran from Williamsport Pike and Hampshire Pike toward the Carters Creek Pike and Nashville Highway areas.

Carters Creek Pike is our address.

Tornado Damage — March 2026

The tornado didn’t land directly on the farm. But it didn’t need to. When your fences are already stressed from ice, your trees are already compromised, and your structures are already carrying the load of everything winter threw at them — the wind and debris from a confirmed tornado a few miles away still does real damage.

The animals are safe. We came through it. But the farm took more hits on top of what we were already dealing with, and the cleanup and repairs are ongoing.

We’re sharing this because it’s real, and because you deserve to know what’s actually happening here. The animals still need to eat every day. The fences still need to hold. The work doesn’t stop because the weather was hard.