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Frost this Morning

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”

Seeds- potential in a tiny package

It’s 7:20 am. Still mostly dark out for a few more minutes and I’m sitting here thinking about seeds and bacon. I’m considering what to make for breakfast. Should I open that package of turkey bacon this morning? Still undecided about that. Breakfast means I have to start the day and actually start doing stuffContinueContinue reading “Seeds- potential in a tiny package”

Atmospheric Rivers are back and my heart goes out to Jamaica

There is a lot going on weather wise. Here, it’s the normal gross fall weather that starts bringing rivers of moisture and wind. Nothing too out of the ordinary yet. But across the Atlantic Ocean an island is about to be demolished by a historically sized category 5 hurricane. Worse than any storm that hasContinueContinue reading “Atmospheric Rivers are back and my heart goes out to Jamaica”

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.”

Catch Up (ketchup?)

So many tomatoes ripe at once. To say I’ve been busy is an understatement. And that’s on top of having the Covid. I went to the trouble of masking in public. I hunted down and fought for the newest Covid variant vaccine. And it was a fight because I’m not 65 and the confusion MrContinueContinue reading “Catch Up (ketchup?)”

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.”

Never seen the wind like that there.

I grew up in that town with my grandparents. I’d seen flooding but have never seen wind this bad there. But I left that area 7 years ago because of the heat and the worsening weather due to global warming. Still a shock to see. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Rg1awFun3/?mibextid=wwXIfr I’m sorry, it’s a Facebook link.

How much rain did a category 3 atmospheric river hit us with?

It’s still raining a bit now and then but the bulk of the rain has moved on I do believe. As of 12:30 pm Saturday (today) my weather station has recorded 4.57” of rain since late Thursday night. This is definitely much more than what the weather apps are recording. 1 suggests only 1.85”, anotherContinueContinue reading “How much rain did a category 3 atmospheric river hit us with?”