This is that first, awkward post that every blog has to start with to become a blog. Maybe it will lure people in, but lets face it. Nobody knows this or I exist so it will likely just sink into oblivion. So why am I doing this? I don’t really know except perhaps it will help to empty my head of all these ideas that constantly bounce around and keep me up at night between my ears. Maybe there is a slight chance I might even connect with someone who has a similar mindset about life as I do. Maybe there are others out there that are feeling just as lost, confused, alone, or uncertain about life and just want to band together with other lost souls in solidarity. I really am not sure as to the reason why except that I just feel the need to. Maybe this will evolve into something that can help people, myself included. I want nothing more than to help others in this world, and maybe to find friendships as I navigate this changing life.
So a little about where I am currently- that is the Pacific Northwest. And while many of you are baking or flooding, it’s been cool and damp for the most part here. I honestly don’t mind cool and damp as much as I would mind heat and dry. And that is mostly why I chose the PNW as my stomping grounds. I grew up in hot and dry and it was only getting hotter and drier and I just didn’t like that at all.
Too much heat can equal death. Sure, too much cold can too, but that is why I chose this area. The extremes are not as extreme here at least in the way of temperatures. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t climatic problems. This is a global issue after all. But I believe that looking at all the charts, the way the weather patterns work and move, that here will be more survivable. Though the threats of forest fire, floods, and landslides will increase. Growing seasons are wacky, and there is no way my corn will be knee high by the forth of July. It’s not even close. So I have a lot of learning to do, and adapting in the garden if I’m going to make a go of it. The seeds I have will have to be carefully cultivated to try to adapt to this whacky environment. And there is also the foraging. But lets face it, foraging takes a LOT of energy and I’m not getting any younger. In order to forage enough to survive on, and I don’t know if I have that kind of skill or energy. I have gardened all my life though, and maybe with a combination of the two I can come up with a way to not starve to death if need be.
And there are so many other things I need to do before it’s to late. But I don’t really feel like listing them all in one single blog post.
Climate Wary Homesteader 