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Well, I thought it was time to give an update on the farm and not rant about Climate Change specifically.  If anyone is reading this, you might recall that we moved up here from CA in Sept ’25.  The first few months were spent cleaning out the barn of 100 yrs worth of ‘never throw … Read more

The Colorado River watershed has been experiencing a long term drought and the snow pack in the Rockies is nearly at an all time low this year: (The graph shows the snowpack history and the black line shows this year’s status) Lake Powell and Lake Mead are approaching all time lows and it is forecast … Read more

If you have read my blog, you will have noticed that I am very focused on the AMOC since its collapse will have a huge impact on the consequences of Climate Change.   Unlike the slow steady progress and cascading effects of temperature change or the somewhat predictable onset of water shortages, the collapse of the … Read more

Like a broken record, I will say in regards to climate change “It’s Happening” and frankly a bit faster than originally forecasted.  4 to 5 years ago, I thought everyone’s hair would be on fire by 2030 and then pulled in my estimate to 2025.  Now I think it will land somewhere in between but … Read more

Been quite awhile since the last post as we sold our home in California and moved permanently to the Washington Farm.  The first few months were spent completing the sale and prepping the farm for winter.  Turns out the previous owners, who owned the farm since 1952, basically never threw anything away, nor mucked the … Read more

As we plunge forward, this article just reinforces the fact that not enough of the World’s governments are taking action to deal with climate change.  This is a freight train with no brakes  and stopping it (or taking action) will take a long time and as a result, the impact of climate change will get … Read more

Although according to the IPCC target of 1.5 deg C rise (an average over 5 yrs) has not been crossed yet, the reality is that we are already there.  More and more studies indicate we will cross 2.0 deg C rise by 2035 which will cause catastrophic damage to ecosystems, failure of food systems and … Read more

This article just came out which summarizes the consensus thinking of a large part of the scientific community in regards to climate change.  As a long time student of climate change, this validates  my own observations and thoughts about the scope of the problem that lies ahead.  It is not full of optimism and without … Read more

Well, it is the middle of May and the end of Phase 1 of the farm project is finally in sight.  Solar (~19kw + 60kw of battery storage) is done this week.  Livestock barn has been structurally re-enforced plus now has lighting and expandable electrical service (hay barn has light and a few outlets).  Hot … Read more

Well, here we are in the middle of April 2025 and things are moving forward on the Washington project.  Just back from planting the 1st phase of the fruit tree orchard (6 apple, 2 cherry and 2 peach trees) along with a 500 gal water storage tank and creek water pumping system (to the tank).  … Read more