7:20am, 61°F, light rain August first is starting out with an interesting weather day in my state. Half the state is under a PDS fire watch or is already burning, and the other half is wet, with a few parts above 7000 feet potentially seeing snow. There will be wind too, for the entire stateContinueContinue reading “Rain. Because my mud was dehydrated. :)”
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Getting some paws in the sand.
There was some speculation that last night was going to be frosty. It got close- 34.7°F here. But no frost on the ground or the truck. Still, I had taken precautions and brought a few not hardy plants into the camper for the night. And since it’s a clear night again, I brought them inContinueContinue reading “Getting some paws in the sand.”
Moist.
(Only because that is my favorite word to say to make people uncomfortable 🤣) But it really is wet out there. So far this atmospheric river has dumped 2.59” of rain as of this moment at 5 pm Friday evening. At least it wasn’t raining so much on the other side of the mountain whileContinueContinue reading “Moist.”
Keeping everyone as cool as possible-
73°, 72%humidity, wind NW 2 mph, 79.73 barometer, 0” rain today 0.54” rain this month It’s not so bad today. Though warm, it only got to 83°, much better than yesterday and the day before. Note that when it’s 98° outside here my little home got up to 103° inside and that was with aContinueContinue reading “Keeping everyone as cool as possible-“
They are here!
A bunch of stuff. Of course. I woke up with an awful headache this morning. A migraine, not a hangover mind you. I was at work, so I was out having fun. Ha. But I got home and was greeted by blazing sun and warmth. And chickens. Yes, the chickens had just arrived as IContinueContinue reading “They are here!”
Feels hot and humid.
@ 11 am. I’m not even bothering to jot the temperature down from the apps today. All the apps are saying different things and they all feel wrong. But the new weather station is arriving today. So things should get a lot more accurate. I got my watering done for the garden, attempting to giveContinueContinue reading “Feels hot and humid.”
Live Wire and Accurate Weather
@ 9:15 am 61°F, Cloudy, SW 2 mph wind, 0” rain Zero. Zero inches of rain the apps claim. Yet all day yesterday moisture dribbled from the sky. I had to use windshield wipers regularly and I was definitely wet after finishing the set up of the electric net fencing. Muddy paw prints on floorContinueContinue reading “Live Wire and Accurate Weather”
A beautiful day- but don’t be fooled!
74°F (a record for here), partly cloudy, NW 4 mph wind, 26.87” rain ytd Trilliums in bloom today in the woods. It was so beautiful today I spent it all outside. As soon as I was up and moving I jumped into the garden. I planted strawberries, heathers, peonies, cabbage and broccoli seedlings. I transplantedContinueContinue reading “A beautiful day- but don’t be fooled!”
Snow Is Fertilizer
30°F, Mostly Cloudy, S 8 mph wind, .89” monthly rain, Winter Weather Advisory Snow doesn’t happen a lot here, but we sometimes get a day or two of snow in the winter. The thing about snow, even though the ice and snow can be annoying when having to drive to work, is that it actsContinueContinue reading “Snow Is Fertilizer”
Apple Rescue
54°F, partly cloudy, NE 3 mph wind It’s terribly nice weather so after loading the rig with trash to take to the dump tomorrow and helping with the delivery of the new homestead washing machine, I did laundry, and then decided to work outside a bit more in the woods clearing space around that wildContinueContinue reading “Apple Rescue”
Climate Wary Homesteader 