We are in an ice cycle, which means that it's that 70's show again. This is determined by calculating the total heat energy in the world, and comparing it to past years at the same level. We can't go back very far because of the lack of modern data.
Our summer will be 'short and sweet'. That comes from a lack of Pacific breezes which moderate our weather. We will have stagnant air that you can eat with a spoon. But why eat air, when you can have ice cream?
The kids got this and I tested the output. I've had many horrible ice cream makers over the years, but this is different physics. Instead of freezing while stirring to stop big ice crystals, this gets to to freeze the ingredients to a solid brick first. Then, a huge motor grinds the brick, and makes the ice crystals super-small. Works for fro-yo, and many other things.
This is the one the kids got. It has two main containers, but you can get more. It's best just to scoop the final product into another deli container. It sounds like a lawn mower in the house, since it is really grinding. I would put it in the laundry room when you are drying the kids sneakers. Or sing very loud "I scream for ice cream!" Perfect for our grandson who doesn't like milk.
Garden Stuff
Yeah, I had one hour in the garden, lovely sun, warmth, etc. And then reality hit, with clouds and cold. We will have an ice storm soon. However, this year we will have an intense, short summer, so you better make the most of it with your Victory Garden.
Soaker hose! I went to buy my usual US stuff, and crust, it was 3 times more expensive than the bulk Chinese stuff. All made in the same factory. This stuff lasts for years, just lying on top of the garden, but when it is time to replace, do all of it. Because one piece of newer hose will take all the water.
This year I'm going to be smart enough to put solid sections where I don't want water. Also, put valves at all the segments. You design it like a nuclear reactor, with a header hose, and all the feeds out of it.
This summer will be so intense that one day without water will fry everything. On dry days, I crack the hose bib just a little, to barely hear the water. That's enough. When we are at the cottage, it is fine. It is essential to use this for raspberries.
Dry Guy could've used this last year in the drought, but now he is up to his neck in mud.
Finally, the darn, cute baby rabbits. They melt through our chain link fence, but we can keep the big mommas out.
I was using a US product last year, but that is now 3 times more expensive than this.
What you want is 'stretched plastic'. You know when you try and tear a plastic covering, and then it stretches and becomes so hard, it cuts your fingers? Darn Costco packaging. Anyway, this fencing is made like that, and the plastic is like glass. Baby rabbits can chew all day. I'm putting this around the peas and beans. Last year they wiped us out. This year we have bands of coyote-wolves wandering the streets. I pay them to clean up the rabbits. My dog loves the cute little buggers.
(ha ha, made all that up, sort of)
ps. hybrid tomatoes have just popped up, along with the brocc. Neat.
ps just bought a creami for myself. It's a physics, tikytoky sensation!
ps wow, that's better than Kawartha, with just almond milk and some leftover cream, and a vanilla bean.
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Err, that's the set up I use where I have water, unfortunately where I don't have water I now have sticks in mud. Finally got my well working on another piece of land though. The drought had pushed the water level down from 66m below surface to 148m. I'm going to have to install intermediate tanks and another pump half way up the hill and then more at high level to store the stuff.
Ok, now I switch from Dry Guy to Mud Man. Alliteration instead of Rhyme.
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