Solar Grand Solar Minimum part deux

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Martinhouse

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Ice Age Farmer has a podcast up on his Twitter page. It's not on his Youtube yet.

It's about GSM weather and crops. Runs a little over 30 minutes, I'm listening to it now.
 
TxGal

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Martinhouse said:
Ice Age Farmer has a podcast up on his Twitter page. It's not on his Youtube yet.

It's about GSM weather and crops. Runs a little over 30 minutes, I'm listening to it now.
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Thanks, Martinhouse, I just got back inside from working the garden all evening. I'll go post it!!
 
TxGal

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jed turtle said:
Thanks for keeping this thread going! Helps me maintain my momentum towards prepping for this winter. Greenhouse will be indispensable by fall I think.
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You're very welcome, and it's something I really believe in. I think everyone is watching so many things at one time it's easy to not concentrate on the GSM. It may well catch a lot of people off guard, because these 'odd' weather events are increasing and becoming more unusual to what we're used to.....and we're so focused on other things. My concern is so many will slammed upside the head and not as prepared for this as they'd like to be.

A greenhouse is a great idea in places where they can be done. Out here, getting 70+ mph winds are becoming more common in our thunderstorms. We'll probably add some cold frames along the way with a lower profile :-)
 
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Martinhouse

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TxGal, I'll take another look, but what I listened to, I had not heard before.

Mmmm, I can't remember now what the title was, but it must have been an older one that I just missed before. Sorry for the mistake. I wish he was able post them more often, but I supposed he has more to do than just sit at his computer all day.
 
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summerthyme

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It was 37 degrees here this morning! On Flag Day! Crazy! I don't remember ever picking the first ripe strawberries after a night in the 30's.

Hubby says the hayfields look like early June, not mid June. It gets darned chilly in the house by morning! I had to quickly sew up 4 pairs of leggings and two sweatshirts for the visiting toddler granddaughters... their mother had (sensibly enough) packed for summer.

Summerthyme
 
TxGal

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Martinhouse said:
TxGal, I'll take another look, but what I listened to, I had not heard before.

Mmmm, I can't remember now what the title was, but it must have been an older one that I just missed before. Sorry for the mistake. I wish he was able post them more often, but I supposed he has more to do than just sit at his computer all day.
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Not a problem at all, but thanks for keeping me on my toes :-)

Been crazy busy with all that's going on, and while I'm pulling in the articles I haven't had much time for a 'chatty' post. I hope you're doing well (sure sounds like it) and making the progress you want to make.

We about to start getting the last row of raised beds up and filled. Getting all that soil here is a bit of a challenge, but just working it one at a time helps. We did harvest some potatoes; voles took some nibbles out of a few, but it was good to get some homegrown! Tomatoes are starting to come in, right now the cherry type. Green beans did well, most got ahead of us so I let them dry on the vine and I'm saving the seeds for next year, all heirlooms.

Chickens are doing well, having a lot of snakes this year that periodically go for the eggs, but we're taking care of that one snake at a time :-)

We're moving into hot and dry now for the next two weeks, having to water fruit trees to keep them going. Sure don't want to lose any, they've gotten crazy expensive at all nurseries and it takes a few years to get them to bearing stage.
 
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The Oppenheimer Ranch Project has a new podcast out:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsz5CfxJoyo


Cosmic Ray Alert! - Kp Zero Day? - Geomagnetic Activity & Human Health Riks - La Niña vs El Niño
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Another Mini Solar Maximum in the Offing: A Prediction for the Amplitude of Solar Cycle 25 https://bit.ly/3hrrhZc
The lesson learned from the unprecedented ozone hole in the Arctic in 2020 https://bit.ly/2Apnn2p
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SPECTACULAR hail shaft takes over the Calgary, Alberta sky https://bit.ly/3foUKBg
 
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And Another from the Oppenheimer Ranch Project:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS49dgdqNXw


Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Blow Faster Than Initially Thought ? - New Evidence Suggest Otherwise
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Yellowstone supervolcano could blow faster than initially thought https://fxn.ws/3d49CmM
Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) Comparison https://on.doi.gov/3hsZpUE
Yellowstone Hot Spot Migration Graphic https://bit.ly/3fmGWXR
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Newly discovered Yellowstone eruption is one of 'top 5 eruptions of all time' https://bit.ly/3ftKtnn
 
TxGal

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electroverse.net

British Columbia Breaks Records for Cold and Snow - Electroverse

The GSM is impacting Canadian farmers, just as it did last year when planting was the most-delayed on record. Prepare. Grow your own.
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British Columbia Breaks Records for Cold and Snow

June 15, 2020 Cap Allon


Record cold and late-spring snow helped drive-home the Grand Solar Minimum message across the BC Interior over the weekend.

According to KelownaNow Meteorologist Wesla English, the Interior –one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia– broke a slew of cold records on Saturday.

Kelowna, Kamloops, Clearwater, Penticton, Salmon Arm, and Vernon were among the areas to set new all-time record low-max temperatures for June 13.

“A cool upper low over Southern BC produced chilly temperatures on Saturday, breaking record low daytime highs in several areas,” wrote English.

Below is a breakdown of the records (data courtesy of Environment and Climate Change Canada, and originally reported by kelownanow.com):

  • Kelowna set a new daily record min-high of 12.8C on Saturday, a reading comfortably toppling the previous record of 13.3C set in 1981.

  • Kamloops saw its all-time record low smashed, from 1923’s 15C to this weekend’s 13.4C.

  • But it was Salmon Arm that actually saw the biggest change — Saturday’s low-max of 12.4C crushed the old record of 14.4C from 1971.

  • Clearwater’s 12.8C busted the 13.3C from 1966.

  • While the 13.9C set at Penticton pipped the previous record — 1981’s 14C.
In addition to the cold, this weekend delivered rare late-spring snow to BC, adding to Ontario’s record June snowfall last weekend that brought power outages to parts of the province.

Wet snow accumulated near the summit of the Okanagan Connector between Merritt and Kelowna on Sunday, causing Environment and Climate Change Canada to issue a special weather statement for Nicola and Okanagan Valley.

“June-uary continues!” reads a tweet issued by @ECCCWeatherBC:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1272219430718787584
View: https://twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/status/1272219430718787584


All this cold and snow is negatively impacting Canadian farmers, just as it did last year when planting was the most-delayed on record. A recent report from agricensus.com warns that “cold weather is slowing emerging Canada crops”.

The COLD TIMES are returning in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.

Even NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.



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Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 
TxGal

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electroverse.net

Northeastern U.S. Suffered Record Cold on Sunday - Electroverse

Syracuse and Buffalo were among the cities breaking all-time record low temperatures. Prepare for the Grand Solar Minimum.
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Northeastern U.S. Suffered Record Cold on Sunday

June 15, 2020 Cap Allon


It was a frosty, record-breaking June 14 across the northeast on Sunday as a wave of brutal Arctic air rode anomalously-far south on the back of a meridional jet stream.

Syracuse, in New York state, broke its all-time minimum temperature for June 14 on Sunday — the low of 42F logged at the city’s airport beat-out the previous record of 43F set back in 1970.


https://www.localsyr.com

The mercury sank even lower in the surrounding areas.

Rural Redfield reported 33F on Sunday morning and a hard June frost.

While Binghamton set a new all-time record low of 39F — the coldest temperature the city has felt this late in the year, ever.

Savannah reported a low of 42F.

Lowville observed 37F.

Fabius suffered 36F.

While Westdale saw 43F.

Rochester went and tied its all-time record low of 41F

And Buffalo set a new all-time record low of 42F, busting the old record of 43F set way back in 1946 (solar minimum of cycle 17).

Looking forward, latest GFS runs reveal the anomalous cold is expected to linger through much of the week, with temperature departures across the Northeastern U.S. expected to run well-below the seasonal norm:


Tropical Tidbits

The COLD TIMES are returning in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.

Even NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.





Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 
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frazbo

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TxGal said:
Not a problem at all, but thanks for keeping me on my toes :-)

Been crazy busy with all that's going on, and while I'm pulling in the articles I haven't had much time for a 'chatty' post. I hope you're doing well (sure sounds like it) and making the progress you want to make.

We about to start getting the last row of raised beds up and filled. Getting all that soil here is a bit of a challenge, but just working it one at a time helps. We did harvest some potatoes; voles took some nibbles out of a few, but it was good to get some homegrown! Tomatoes are starting to come in, right now the cherry type. Green beans did well, most got ahead of us so I let them dry on the vine and I'm saving the seeds for next year, all heirlooms.

Chickens are doing well, having a lot of snakes this year that periodically go for the eggs, but we're taking care of that one snake at a time :-)

We're moving into hot and dry now for the next two weeks, having to water fruit trees to keep them going. Sure don't want to lose any, they've gotten crazy expensive at all nurseries and it takes a few years to get them to bearing stage.
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Snakes...we got 'em too. Found that if you put Clove Oil in a spray bottle with some red pepper, water...spray around outside of the coop, across the threshhold, they stay away. Clove Oil irritates their senses and back off. Does not hurt the chickens...just an FYI. I apply once a week, doesn't have to be a heavy spray either, as in soaking wet, and if it rains, then a little more.
 
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John Deere Girl

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TxGal said:
You're very welcome, and it's something I really believe in. I think everyone is watching so many things at one time it's easy to not concentrate on the GSM. It may well catch a lot of people off guard, because these 'odd' weather events are increasing and becoming more unusual to what we're used to.....and we're so focused on other things. My concern is so many will slammed upside the head and not as prepared for this as they'd like to be.

A greenhouse is a great idea in places where they can be done. Out here, getting 70+ mph winds are becoming more common in our thunderstorms. We'll probably add some cold frames along the way with a lower profile :-)
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We have high winds too. We have one cold frame but we are definitely planning more.
 
TxGal

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frazbo said:
Snakes...we got 'em too. Found that if you put Clove Oil in a spray bottle with some red pepper, water...spray around outside of the coop, across the threshhold, they stay away. Clove Oil irritates their senses and back off. Does not hurt the chickens...just an FYI. I apply once a week, doesn't have to be a heavy spray either, as in soaking wet, and if it rains, then a little more.
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Oh, that's great info, thank you!! Will definitely give that a try.
 
TxGal

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www.iceagenow.info

Junuary in the Cascades - Ice Age Now

“Ahhhh…. January in the Cascades,” says the National Weather Service in a Tweet. Oops. “Scratch that. Turns out that summer is less than a week away. Who knew?” Ain’t global warming a bear? https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1272220133654556673 Thanks to Adoni for this link
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Junuary in the Cascades

June 15, 2020 by Robert

“Ahhhh…. January in the Cascades,” says the National Weather Service in a Tweet. Oops. “Scratch that. Turns out that summer is less than a week away. Who knew?”

Ain’t global warming a bear?

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1272220133654556673
View: https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1272220133654556673
 
TxGal

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Adapt 2030 has a new podcast out:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1FMw4tYZ9A


Grain Shortages Come Next in Lockdown 2.0 (996)
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Asia buying grain at an unprecedented pace as if governments there know the supply will be cut off shortly, sparking a floating grain superhighway from S. America to Asia. Brazil and Argentina will eventually stop selling as food costs cause calls for government change. Grain handling facilities will be the next closures across the USA further constricting the food supply chain.
 
TxGal

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Deep South Homestead has a new relevant podcast out (given the Adapt 2030 new one above):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UttOVhCpIi0


Are YOU Prepared For the Coming FOOD SHORTAGES?
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Run time is 56:55

Tonight let's talk about storing food. Growing your own food . Storage tips.

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And an example of how a garden can be helpful if/when things get worse food-wise:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxGFB0XEgLw


5 SEEDS | 50+ Spaghetti SQUASH | How to HARVEST Spaghetti Squash
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•Jun 15, 2020

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5 Spaghetti Squash seeds went into the ground. We harvested 54 spaghetti squash and the vines still have about 20 left on them. That is an AWESOME harvest! These are the Small Wonder Spaghetti Squash from Hoss Tools.
 
TxGal

TxGal

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After posting the Adapt 2030 podcast about grain shortages, I took a look around to the usual places to find wheat.

It's not good. I just looked at hard red wheat and hard white wheat universally (although other products were out, also), and Pleasant Hill Grain, Honeyville, the LDS folks, are all out. Emergency Essentials isn't even showing it at the moment. Costco is showing Nutristore's Hard White Wheat, a case of 6 cans for $74.99 (wow), limit of two. I'm guessing that won't last long.

Honestly, I thought we were mostly past that...this isn't looking good going forward. Please keep an eye on your pantries and plan accordingly.

Edited to add: Just on a hunch I went back to Honeyville and checked out their vegetable section. Oh my gosh....out of stock, both freeze dried and dehydrated...Emergency Essentials still seems to have some. I guess this isn't totally better yet.
 
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Martinhouse

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TxGal, I don't think "better yet" covers it. I don't think it's going to get better. There might be a small surge when early vegetables start coming in, but I think it will sooner or later end up being even worse than it's been for the last couple of years. That's why I'm so glad to be finally getting my garden containers finished and ready to plant. And to get the additional ones I've been wanting for a couple years now.

I went to Harp's today and paid for many bags of the worthless topsoil that seems to be nothing but sand blackened with charcoal powder. But it makes good fill and I use a mix of better stuff for the top half of each container. My garden may end up being a fall garden, but there WILL be a garden! But if I plant everything this week, I can always put up rebars to hold white sheets tied to them to shade everything. I have zillions of sheets for this and once I even transplanted raspberry shoots in mid July and the sheets kept them from frizzling. They took right off and grew as they should have. I've also shaded tomatoes when it was so hot that they would wilt even though they didn't need watering, They wilted very little under the sheets but enough light got through that they thrived. It's amazing what one can do with rebar, sheets, clothespins and baling twine!
 
TxGal

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Record cold in several New York cities - Ice Age Now

Buffalo, New York, set a new all-time record low of 42F, busting the old record of 43F set way back in 1946 (solar minimum of cycle 17). Syracuse broke it’s all-time low temperature for June 14 on Sunday — the low of 42F logged at the city’s airport beat the previous record of 43F set ... Read more
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Record cold in several New York cities

June 15, 2020 by Robert

Buffalo, New York, set a new all-time record low of 42F, busting the old record of 43F set way back in 1946 (solar minimum of cycle 17).

Syracuse broke it’s all-time low temperature for June 14 on Sunday — the low of 42F logged at the city’s airport beat the previous record of 43F set back in 1970.

Binghamton set a new all-time record low of 39F — the coldest temperature the city has felt this late in the year, ever.

And Rochester tied its all-time record low of 41F

The mercury sank even lower in surrounding areas.

Rural Redfield reported 33F on Sunday morning and a hard June frost,

Savannah reported a low of 42F.

Lowville observed 37F.

Fabius suffered 36F.

Westdale saw 43F.
 
TxGal

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Massive amounts of remaining winter snow still being plowed in mid-June in Glacier National Park, Montana - up 80 feet deep -- Sott.net

Glacier National Park plow crews reached Logan Pass on Friday and have started clearing the Big Drift, an area in northern Montana where massive amounts of winter snow blanket a scenic highway, officials said. The seasonal drift is one of the...
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Massive amounts of remaining winter snow still being plowed in mid-June in Glacier National Park, Montana - up 80 feet deep


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Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:26 UTC

Crews are making good progress in plowing open the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
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Crews are making good progress in plowing open the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park plow crews reached Logan Pass on Friday and have started clearing the Big Drift, an area in northern Montana where massive amounts of winter snow blanket a scenic highway, officials said.

The seasonal drift is one of the biggest plowing challenges for crews as it buries a stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road under up to 80 feet (25 meters) of snow blocking access, the Daily Inter Lake reported.

Plow crews reached Logan Pass on May 25 last year, park spokesperson Gina Kerzman said.

Going-to-the-Sun Road is currently open to vehicles on the west side to Lake McDonald Lodge for day-use until 4:30 p.m. each day, she said.


Snow removal at the Rim Rock area on the Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 3, 2020.
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Snow removal at the Rim Rock area on the Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 3, 2020.
Hikers and bikers can go as far up the road as they would like on weekends, and after road crews leave for the day, but officials have warned of falling rock and avalanche danger.

Inside North Fork Road, Camas Road, Chief Mountain Road, Cut Bank Road, Many Glacier Road and Two Medicine Road all remain closed to vehicles. All park campgrounds are also closed.
 
TxGal

TxGal

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Martinhouse said:
TxGal, I don't think "better yet" covers it. I don't think it's going to get better. There might be a small surge when early vegetables start coming in, but I think it will sooner or later end up being even worse than it's been for the last couple of years. That's why I'm so glad to be finally getting my garden containers finished and ready to plant. And to get the additional ones I've been wanting for a couple years now.

I went to Harp's today and paid for many bags of the worthless topsoil that seems to be nothing but sand blackened with charcoal powder. But it makes good fill and I use a mix of better stuff for the top half of each container. My garden may end up being a fall garden, but there WILL be a garden! But if I plant everything this week, I can always put up rebars to hold white sheets tied to them to shade everything. I have zillions of sheets for this and once I even transplanted raspberry shoots in mid July and the sheets kept them from frizzling. They took right off and grew as they should have. I've also shaded tomatoes when it was so hot that they would wilt even though they didn't need watering, They wilted very little under the sheets but enough light got through that they thrived. It's amazing what one can do with rebar, sheets, clothespins and baling twine!
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I think you're right, Martinhouse, I no longer think it's going to get better, either. I'm just looking at what I'm seeing and reading, and especially the grocery stores and online stores. Too much is missing/having recurring spot shortages to make me think we'll be back as we were before. I'll try to check in at a few grocery stores in different areas and see how things look tomorrow.

I think you're doing great and adapting really well as conditions change. Our raised beds are doing pretty well, but my hopes are really on a big fall garden. Honestly, it would be good if everyone that has even just one planter planted something to supplement a meal.

Tomorrow I'll probably be late posting due to a med appt, but I'll get to it asap!
 
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Martinhouse

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I'm trying to get my garden containers all ready to plant. There are forty half-barrels in my greenhouse, 55 gal size barrels, plus lots of room for other things and I can even hang lot of things if I can make time. Not sure but I think after the next spell of rain, my nephew will be starting on the polycarbonate roof to this greenhouse garden. Right now the backyard containers that did not get fixed as promised a year ago are ready to plant, and there are six 55 gallon barrels set in place as 12 ea. half barrels and waiting to get the good blend of soil added to the top of each containaer. (half of the container's soil is the good stuff.) And there are also five 30 gallon barrels cut into ten containers and they are also waiting for their soil. Nephew's trailer is parked in my driveway with a big load of the crummy fill dirt and I have to buy at east ten more bags of the Miracle-Gro mix or equivalent for mixing the top half of each container's good soil. So altogether I have 56 containers from 28 ea. 55 gallon barrels and 60 containers from a total of 30 ea. 30 gallon barrels.

I also have a large enclosed garden covering most of my whole back yard,the front of which is stair-stepped, but if squared off would measure about 40' x 90' or more. Eight feet of one long side was a chicken run for a few years so I can imagine what huge plants I could grow in that part. This garden is totally overgrown with weeds, honeysuckle, and privet now, but if I could afford to have it cleared and then checked to see where the raccoons were getting in, it would still make a terrific garden. I just can't take care of that much garden any more, although it bothers me a lot that the whole space is going to waste just when gardening is becoming so terribly important.
 
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TxGal

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parsonswife said:
Thank you TxGal and Martinhouse for keeping this thread going
. Just catching up now. GSM wasn't even on my radar
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You're welcome! Many others pitch in as they have time, but with so much going on in the news it's truly difficult to even keep up. Just keep reading as you can, and plan as best as you can for you and yours. The first GSM thread is chock full of info (and ton of reading!). This one is picking where that one left off. If you can listen to You Tubes from John Casey, that will bring you up to speed quickly. He has some great books out there, Dark Winter is the one that really got me going. After that, more and more seems to keep coming out.
 
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Martinhouse

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You're welcome from me, too, although I haven't contributed a lot for a while now.

Am hoping I start feeling a little better and get back to where I was before. Not sure how successful I'll with finally being able to get some outdoor work done, but I'll do my best!

Right now I have to hurry and finish my final shopping. I keep saying that, but the confirmed cases of the virus in my county have really shot up in the last couple of weeks and I really need to be finished sneaking into the stores even at early opening times, and then just stay home and get things done and enjoy what is always for me a much too short summer.

There are four days left until we get more rain and I'm hoping my nephew gets all my outdoor chores done by then so I can really dive into my gardening. When he's here I sort of have to sit around outside so they can keep their distance from me but still be able to ask questions about the jobs or maybe tell me things. Plus I try to visit a lot with the little girl who is a very nice 9 year old, so she doesn't get too terribly bored.
 
BenIan

BenIan

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Went in local Walmart this afternoon. First time actually going in a store since March 13th. The canned vegetable aisle and the soup aisle were almost empty. Several bare spots in other sections as well.
 
TxGal

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BenIan said:
Went in local Walmart this afternoon. First time actually going in a store since March 13th. The canned vegetable aisle and the soup aisle were almost empty. Several bare spots in other sections as well.
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Oh heck, and I reported in a different thread on Friday that an HEB not too far away was almost out of canned corn and peaches. This is just not good.
 
flame

flame

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My Walmart is getting emptier by the week. I took my husband there yesterday because I was hoping to get a larger tomato plant..(found one, yay)

He was shocked at the empty shelves and at how they are spacing everything on the shelves farther apart so it doesn't look so empty.

And can someone explain why the huge bike racks are empty? Is Walmart not carrying them any more? This is not a heavily populated area and we all depend on just a few grocery stores around here for everything.

Is China shipping anything any more, or are most things being sent to the bigger cities?
 
BenIan

BenIan

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My son's birthday was in May. His big present was a new bike. We gave him a picture of a bike and told him we will get it when we find one....haven't found one yet.
 
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Martinhouse

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BenIan, maybe you could cruise yard sales and find him a used bike so he'd have one until new ones are available again. And he'd at least have one of some kind if new ones are never available again.
 
TxGal

TxGal

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Whirlwind day, I'll look for new GSM articles/podcasts in a bit.

On the bicycle front - the only ones I'm seeing are at pawn shops in my travels. Usually they're out front. I've seen signs that all bikes are $35 at one.

And for the day's shopping. Oh my. I shopped at Walmart, Kroger, and HEB today. Walmart was perhaps the hardest hit. Definitely large empty spaces again, mostly in the canned goods aisle (fruit, vegs, and soup) and noticed spaghetti sauce also almost gone. Saw quite a bit of 'front loading' and empty space behind. Kroger was a bit better, but yes, there were big holes again in canned fruit & vegs, and soup. HEB also the same, again the worst was canned fruit & vegs, and gosh, the Campbell's soup section was no wider than the dashboard on my car! That used to be huge!

I'm just not getting a warm, fuzzy feeling about this, at all.

Did stop at Lowe's while out, they still had a good selection of vegetable seeds if anyone is looking to add to their stash.
 
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I strongly ask you to validate the information. We have a golden opportunity in tropical areas for the next minimum: The food will be worth more than the gold.
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http://radiolaprimerisima.com/noticias/general/283807/cientificos-advierten-que-reposos-del-sol-podria-causar-terremotos-y-hambruna/...

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Fall like temperatures in SC - In mid June! - Ice Age Now

“Being mid June we should be about 90F this time of year around Charleston,” says reader Kenneth Lund. ” 70F this afternoon is nearly 20 degrees below average!” “Here in Sunny “Warm” South Carolina this morning the temperature was 56 degrees with a 10mph ENE wind,” says Brian (a different...
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Fall like temperatures in SC – In mid June!

June 16, 2020 by Robert

“Being mid June we should be about 90F this time of year around Charleston,” says reader Kenneth Lund. ” 70F this afternoon is nearly 20 degrees below average!”

“Here in Sunny “Warm” South Carolina this morning the temperature was 56 degrees with a 10mph ENE wind,” says Brian (a different reader). “I’ve lived here all of 40+ years and I’ve never seen temps this cool in June. We’re running approximately 20 lower than normal so far this spring. I starting to wonder if we’ll even have a summer.”

And this from Eric in North Carolina: “It’s 63 degrees at 5:40pm of June 15th in North Carolina. The whole week looks cool.”

National Weather Service Charleston SC
JUN 15 2020

…Southeast South Carolina…

CITY SKY/WX TMP
N Charleston PTSUNNY 70
Waterfront Prk N/A 70
Mount Pleasant CLOUDY 70
Johns Island CLOUDY 72
Pinopolis N/A 66
Moncks Corner CLOUDY 64
Summerville CLOUDY 68
Beaufort MCAS PTSUNNY 77
Beaufort Arpt MOCLDY 73
Hilton Head Is MOSUNNY 77
Walterboro CLOUDY 70
Allendale CLOUDY 73

…Southern Midlands and Pee Dee…

CITY SKY/WX TMP
Georgetown CLOUDY 64
Kingstree LGT RAIN 63
Orangeburg CLOUDY 69
Barnwell CLOUDY 73
Aiken CLOUDY 73
Manning DRIZZLE 63
Columbia CLOUDY 70
Sumter CLOUDY 66
Florence LGT RAIN 65
Myrtle Beach CLOUDY 68
N Myrtle Beach CLOUDY 69
 
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Winter storm watch in Montana - Ice Age Now

12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) in areas above 6,500 feet National Weather Service Missoula Butte/Blackfoot Region- Jun 15 2020 …WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING… * WHAT…Heavy wet snow possible. For elevations 5000 feet and higher: total snow accumulations of up to...
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Winter storm watch in Montana

June 16, 2020 by Robert

12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) in areas above 6,500 feet

Map of Forecast Area


National Weather Service Missoula
Butte/Blackfoot Region-
Jun 15 2020

…WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

* WHAT…Heavy wet snow possible. For elevations 5000 feet and higher: total snow accumulations of up to 8 inches possible.
Locally higher amounts of 12 to 15 inches possible in the highest terrain (above roughly 6500 feet).

* WHERE…Butte, Georgetown Lake, Highway 12 Garrison to Elliston, Homestake Pass, and MacDonald Pass.

* IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult. Backcountry conditions could become difficult, if not dangerous, during this
time.

……………….

National Weather Service Missoula MT
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains-
Jun 15 2020

…WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

* WHAT…Heavy wet snow possible. For elevations 5000 feet and higher: total snow accumulations of up to 5 inches possible.

Locally higher amounts of 10 to 12 inches possible in the highest terrain.
* WHERE…Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains. Skalkaho Pass. Highway 93 over Lost Trail Pass.

……………….

National Weather Service Great Falls
Beaverhead-Central and Southern Lewis and Clark-Madison-Jefferson-Gallatin-Including Big Hole Pass, Wisdom, Monida Pass, Virginia City, Boulder, Boulder Hill, Elk Park Pass, Homestake Pass, and Targhee Pass

…WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* WHAT…Heavy snow possible above 5000 feet. Total snow accumulations of up to 8 inches. Locally higher amounts
exceeding 12 inches are possible above 7500 feet.

* WHERE…Elevations above 5000 feet in Beaverhead, Central and Southern Lewis and Clark, Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin
Counties.

* IMPACTS…Travel could be difficult. Hazardous backcountry conditions. The weight of the snow on branches with foliage
could cause them to break.

* Note…This Winter Storm Watch does not include the cities of Bozeman, Ennis, Dillon, or Helena.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
 
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Both Kelowna and Summerland Bust 108-Year-Old Cold Records - Electroverse

...the coldest temperatures ever recorded for the date in books dating back to 1899. Welcome, British Columbia, to the Grand Solar Minimum.
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Both Kelowna and Summerland Bust 108-Year-Old Cold Records

June 16, 2020 Cap Allon

Temperatures sank historically low across parts of British Columbia over the weekend, to levels never-before-seen in the cities of Kelowna and Summerland since record keeping began in 1899.

That’s right, in what we’ve been led to believe is a linearly warming world on the brink of a heat-induced apocalypse, large parts of Canada are the coldest we’ve ever known them to be for the time of year.

It was so cold on Sunday, reports kelownanow.com, that the city of Kelowna’s daily high of 12.8C shattered a 108-year-old temperature record for the date’s lowest-high temperature since records began in 1899 (actually breaking an older record than the one Electroverse reported on yesterday), with Kelowna’s previous top-spot for the lowest-max on June 14 being the 15C set in 1912.

Kelowna wasn’t the only record-cold spot in the Okanagan on Sunday, as Penticton, Summerland, and Vernon all busted records as well.

In fact, Summerland, just like Kelowna, also toppled a daily record low-max from 1912 on Sunday, June 14 — its reading of 13.4C was enough to comfortably bust the 13.9C set 108 years ago (the Centennial/Glassberg Minimum).

The COLD TIMES are returning in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.

Even NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.






Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 
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