Global warming/climate change response

Cold Weather & Sad Times On The Homestead

Mar 302012

Well the cold weather continues on our little homestead. It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago it was so hot. As I’m typing this, there are snow flurries falling and a strong east wind. If the weather man is right we might end up with a small covering of snow. If the winds would ease up and the sun come out, it would warm up quite a bit! Then I could at least turn the heater off in the greenhouse.

This morning we discovered that our kids pet rabbit had been killed by a raccoon. It some how managed to open the door to the barn, then ripped into the cage. We’ve never had a coon get into the barn before, although one did dig into the chicken pen last year. So we are all very sad right now, especially the children. The rabbit “Daisy” was a birthday gift not long ago for our oldest.

Around the Homestead ~ Cold Weather

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Mar 292012

Wow has the weather ever changed this past week. We started March off with weather in the 20′s C, truly it felt more like early June weather! Now we are back to near 0 C temps and strong winds. Yesterday we had another wind storm here and our power went out about 7pm. It came back on a few min latter and we thought ok, not a big deal. I think it staid on for 20 minutes before going back off until almost 10pm. Not a big deal and we enjoyed a quiet evening.

The snow on the deck had mostly melted by now. But you can still see a dusting.

This morning we woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground. The wind chill last night was below 0, so I wasn’t surprised. They are saying we will get more snow today and tomorrow. I wonder how much we will end up with. Hopefully not a lot, I really want to get back out in the garden.

Seedlings are coming along in the greenhouse. I have an electric heater running out there, trying to keep it warm. This has worked ok for us in the past. Germination seems to be on hold as the plants know it’s not really warm enough to come up yet. But all the tomatoes and flowers that had already sprouted are holding their own. Some of the tomatoes are needing to be transplanted soon. They have a few true leaves on them and their roots are just starting to grow through the paper pots. Perhaps I’ll get to that this weekend.

What have you been up to on your homestead? Are you enjoying nice weather or back to winter?

Wind Storm

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Mar 122012

On March 2nd we heard their was a wind storm heading our way. This was part of the huge storm system that hit the Southern USA hard. We woke up in the morning to no power. We weren’t very surprised by that and found out not long later that a tree near town had taken down some hydro lines. Our power was off for 6 hours but many areas were off much longer. Thankfully with our wood stoves to heat and cook with it wasn’t such a big deal.

What was interesting about the winds was there was little wind a long the ground. It seems that the winds were staying about 50 feet above the house.

Feeling Better & Winter Coming

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Nov 212010

Normally I don’t have long gaps between posting. But I decided to take a little unplanned break from blogging and most of my online activities. I needed some R&R to try and shake all the colds and such I was coming down with. I’m starting to feel much better now and I hope to be posting more often again.

The weather has been quite cold and rainy here. From what they are saying it’s going to warm up the next few days but rain. That’s to bad! I would have loved a 12C day to enjoy one more hike. Instead it will be to damp and rainy to venture outside much. Then midway during next week the temps are to really start dropping off and a chance of snow every day. Soon the snow will come and STAY! The prairie provinces are already getting a deep freeze and snow. I heard Northern Ontario is also getting a good bit of snow.

This week I have a few projects I have to get moving on. I need to get my Christmas cards and letters ready. I REALLY have to get moving on my knitted gifts. Being sick has really slowed me up a lot this year. I had hoped that I would have everything done by now. I will post a list soon of the craft projects I’m working on.

Economic Collapse? Hows the Weather? (crop loss,energy increase)

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Jan 132010

While January has been fairly mild weather for us, many places around the world have been hard hit. The southern USA has been hit with weather far below normal. Europe and China have also been hit with freezing weather and snow. I’ve been reading about damage to orange crops, also corn and other grains in some areas. Homeless shelters are having trouble keeping up with the need. Some areas have had power outages due to the high demand of electricity for heating.

It’s a real reminder why we need to take time to prepare for hard times. You never know when unusual weather, job loss or illness will strike.

I would love to hear from you! Are you having unusual weather in your area? How are you coping with it?