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A.A.Ron
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Alaskan. Electrical enginerd. Hunter, fisherman, gardener. Ham radio operator.

Yeah, we're at higher elevation than the surrounding area, so we get more snow and it sticks around longer. I lost track this winter, but probably had 20ish feet fall. It was 5' deep on the level before it started melted. The garden has extra snow because it slides off the green house in that direction.

We've had light snow and light frost the past three nights, but things are moving forward in the garden. The rhubarb and garlic are up. I found some garlic in the compost pile that had strouted, so I stuck it in the new raised bed. We'll see what happens.

#gardening #garlicstr

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Just listened to nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd podcast on economic disobedience. The Amish butcher fucked up and didn't butcher my lambs on a day when the inspector was there, so it's all labeled "not for sale".

So if anyone wants to help me recoup over $800 worth of product in a creative way, I'm all ears.

Think back real hard, did you sell the whole animal or shares of the whole animal to someone before transporting it to the butcher on their behalf?

I just chop them up and put them on salad, but I don't have that many. That is impressive.

I think its way too early to speculate about which candidates will be alive and on the ballot in November.

The local bee keeping club is sponsoring a "no mow May" challenge. I am crushing it.

From NOAA SWPC:

Issue Time: 2024 May 10 1744 UTC

ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 8, 9-

Threshold Reached: 2024 May 10 1739 UTC

Synoptic Period: 1500-1800 UTC

Active Warning: Yes

NOAA Scale: G4 - Severe

NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at

www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation

Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 45 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.

Induced Currents - Possible widespread voltage control problems and some protective systems may mistakenly trip out key assets from the power grid. Induced pipeline currents intensify.

Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low earth orbit satellites, and tracking and orientation problems may occur.

Navigation - Satellite navigation (GPS) degraded or inoperable for hours.

Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation sporadic or blacked out.

Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Alabama and northern California.

There is a G4 geomagnetic storm forecast to hit in about 8 hours. Expect northern lights and an HF radio blackout tonight. Plan for posible power outages and satellite communications disruptions.

https://spaceweather.com/

I am in south-central Alaska at about 1200' above sea level. It's been melted off at sea level for several weeks.

My garden is dang near melted off. I will be planting spuds this weekend!

#gardening

So I'm in walmart today, and after I get done buying crap I always go to the service counter and put whatever cash is in my pocket into cashapp. I do this because it is a simple way to stack sats and it only costs a dollar plus 2%. Well, walmart has a new policy, so it's not simple any more. They need you to give them your phone number, name, DOB and stuff to create a walmart account. Eff that. Walgreens is my new go to.

Nice. I hope there are enough left overs for breakfast burrito Wednesday.