During the high winds, my neighbors who have 12 bee boxes lost two of their colonies. I didnt know this but two of their boxes had tipped over, dumping all the bees. They werent sure where they had gone but i was. There were suddenly around 800 bees in my yard for about two or …
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Well Water
When people’s wells started running dry earlier in the year i had to think about what life would be like if i never tasted well water again. I started praying every morning for the longevity of my well and the arrival of rain. I also started to appreciate each additional bottle of well water that …
A Solar Powered Fountain for the Stock Tank
I was told by the employees at multiple feed and hardware stores that water agitators were on back order and ones that didnt require connection to a hose simply didnt exist. For a long time, it seemed like they might be right. I found a way around the problem by buying toddler bath time fountains …
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A Little More Rain
Things have been so busy lately at work and on the homestead i forgot to write about last month’s rain. We got two good storms. One dropped 1.5 inches of rain and the second one brought 2 inches. It was not enough to start the river flowing again. From what i understand it needs to …
An Afternoon Shower
After the tropical storm in the gulf dissipated we had about a week of humid air and every day held a small forecasted chance of pop up storms. Most days held a 10 percent chance of rain. On the last day of the week, a sunday, the best chance of rain was forecasted: a 40 …
Stage 4
We have entered stage 4, critical water shortage conditions. There are only 5 stages in the system and stage 5 is titled “emergency”. I only use the water to wash clothes once a week, water the animals and myself in terms of consumption to stave off dehydration, and water the fruit trees between 8 pm …
The Creeks went Dry
I was headed to the dollar general down the road today when i noticed this zigzag line that curved around…it was a patch of tree tops that had turned brown surrounded by all the other green ones. It wasnt autumn yet. No cold weather had made these leaves turn. This meant the trees must have …
Storms
I grew up in Texas. I spent most of my life in this environment and i was used to the cycle of drought. 3 years dry, 1 wet. It had been 4 years since we had any significant rainfall to speak of. The reserve collected rain water for emergencies was nearly gone. The creeks were …
Cold, Clear Water
It is 50° outside and the winds are gusting. The well water is ice cold and spectacularly tasty on an evening such as this.
The Earth is Finally Watered
It finally rained. We had such a historic drought that many of our trees died and i only had to cut the grass once all year. What is dead doesn’t grow to need mowed. Well once everything was good and dead the heavens opened and dumped an immense amount of precipitation on our crusty parched …