2 common phone weather apps and the truth. If the frozen water and ice on everything didn’t tell you the truth, the apps sure aren’t. It’s below freezing. Currently at 7:30 am it’s 31.1 degrees (the truth). It’s the coolest morning since I set up the little weather station above my garden. It got downContinueContinue reading “Frost this Morning”
Category Archives: Just thoughts
Red In The Morning
It’s been pretty freaking fantastic with the red skies in the morning lately. And they have been pretty true to the little ditty about red skies. It’s rained shortly after the red. It was lightly raining as it was red at the same time today. I usually notice the glow of the forest to theContinueContinue reading “Red In The Morning”
I’ve been busy preserving food.
I don’t think the others on the homestead really take food preservation very seriously. As I’m working diligently to fill my own place up with dehydrated cabbage, fermented concoctions, dehydrated fruits, canned and frozen foods they don’t seem to do the same or care too. But they call my other garden projects useless (like theContinueContinue reading “I’ve been busy preserving food.”
Heat Kills
The human body can only handle so much. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/death-toll-extreme-heat-arizona-county?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7zt_hUKB86Qzyb7tLNo-VlvZTKJdealg9VQGk9SKEcd0l78r3-isOZZcX-Tg_aem_tJp32Wbz6lNluRIimunzWg And Arizona is a place typically known for being hot. People living there generally know how to deal with the heat and the majority have air conditioning. But heat like what is now being experienced is more dangerous. Not just for humans. Animals and plants alsoContinueContinue reading “Heat Kills”
Rain! Lovely Rain.
Last night it began. A nice gentle wash that has continued today. It’s exactly what the land needs. Just over half an inch has fallen today at a rate that soaks into the parched earth and not just run off. Of course this means I don’t have to feel guilty about not working a lotContinueContinue reading “Rain! Lovely Rain.”
Cheap Shopping
@ 7:25 pm 72°f, sunny, NW 8 mph wind, 0” rain Made my way the other day to the dollar store. After the last time I went, being so disappointed in the products I’d wasted my money on at the time, as I was very broke so the cleaning supplies that instantly were junk madeContinueContinue reading “Cheap Shopping”
A perfect Saturday here.
@ 8 p.m. 63*, mostly sunny, NW 8 mph Wind, O rain. Fire up the highway a bit. Warm but not hot. Perfect temperature. A good dry day to get things done. I made a cattle panel arch and planted a hardy kiwi plant at the base. Mulched it with cardboard and grass clippings. IContinueContinue reading “A perfect Saturday here.”
It’s Been A While, Hasn’t it?
@5:45 AM 55*F, Mostly Cloudy, N 6 mph Wind, Monthly Rain 1.08″, Year to Date rain 37.20″ It seems the more I use my paper book journal the less I spend typing here but I am paying for this so I may as get back to regularly updating. Nothing much has changed other than theContinueContinue reading “It’s Been A While, Hasn’t it?”
Dismantling Weather Forecasting.
This was in the 2025 project plans. The plans the orange dictator claimed he had no idea about despite being named as a lead player. It’s going to be an “interesting” year for y’all in tornado alley and hurricane zones without critical warnings. Those of you who voted for this I won’t feel a shredContinueContinue reading “Dismantling Weather Forecasting.”
The FDA canceled a major important meeting.
55°F, Sunny, no wind, YTD rain 17.91” For those who depend on the yearly protection of the flu shot to help prevent death, be prepared. The fascist anti-science regime has cancelled the meeting to decide on what strains to use in the next vaccine. A horrifying thing. Should be illegal, and probably is, to blockContinueContinue reading “The FDA canceled a major important meeting.”
Climate Wary Homesteader 