Holy Shit people...
The world is going to die. lol... I am feeling a sense of doom about this season. For a few reasons:
For one... over 30% of the bees in western WA are now dead. Those are the critters that polinate our food. I have been looking for the last two days for people who sell Orchard Mason Bees to put s block in my garden and try to buffer my own crops... but everyone (like all over the country) is out. So this bee death phenomenon is not just here.
For 2... Flour has gone up by 100% in my area. Yesterday 10lbs of flour cost me over $5.
For 3... There is no rice anywhere. The co-op is out, the Costco is out. Everywhere is out of rice. Yesterday, I was shocked to find some Jasmine rice at Fred Meyers... I bought 12lbs of it. It was spendy, but will be worth it later.
For 4... There is frost on the ground today. Heavy frost. Like the kind that kills new seedlings and blossoms that will be this years harvest. Our last frost date (before this year) was April 15th. Now are are more than 10 days past that and we have had 2 inches of snow, and a heavy frost.
I have to admit to starting to be truly alarmed.
I am starting to see that I am better off than those around me... with a garden all set up, and chickens for eggs. I am starting to see the things I felt were coming ARE coming. I never wanted that. I wanted to be the weird one. The one that was off her rocker and an alarmist. I don't mind being ecentric... I mind that I was right.
For one... over 30% of the bees in western WA are now dead. Those are the critters that polinate our food. I have been looking for the last two days for people who sell Orchard Mason Bees to put s block in my garden and try to buffer my own crops... but everyone (like all over the country) is out. So this bee death phenomenon is not just here.
For 2... Flour has gone up by 100% in my area. Yesterday 10lbs of flour cost me over $5.
For 3... There is no rice anywhere. The co-op is out, the Costco is out. Everywhere is out of rice. Yesterday, I was shocked to find some Jasmine rice at Fred Meyers... I bought 12lbs of it. It was spendy, but will be worth it later.
For 4... There is frost on the ground today. Heavy frost. Like the kind that kills new seedlings and blossoms that will be this years harvest. Our last frost date (before this year) was April 15th. Now are are more than 10 days past that and we have had 2 inches of snow, and a heavy frost.
I have to admit to starting to be truly alarmed.
I am starting to see that I am better off than those around me... with a garden all set up, and chickens for eggs. I am starting to see the things I felt were coming ARE coming. I never wanted that. I wanted to be the weird one. The one that was off her rocker and an alarmist. I don't mind being ecentric... I mind that I was right.