New to the whole thing - Halifax

[HalifaxGirl]

That was a good list of cold weather things raining cats listed, go with that, or what you eat. We eat a good amount of cabbage, and I also dehydrate extra, so we grow alot of that. I planted lots of broccoli and cauliflower that I started in the greenhouse, but the rabbits get them every time. Snap peas are another one, and lots of greens you can grow. We grow an overabundance of greens because we also use them for animal food for rabbits, chickens, turkeys, and geese.

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I really appreciate it!
i'll look them all up!

 

[DrHenley]

O good lord. That's 40 C....
I'd melt! As it is, it's too warm for me! 71 degrees!

It's dry heat, LOL

Not like here where 90°F (32.2°C) can be unbearable when it's humid.

 

[DrHenley]

Things that grow well in cooler temps :

Onions, cabbages, rhubarb, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, turnips, peas, radishes (root vegetables)...I am sure @Amish Heart and a few others here have lots of ideas.

Collards.

 

[Dani]

Not me...too cold! Howdy from Texas where it is 105 degrees and counting!

SO true you are!! Welcome @HalifaxGirl.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

It's dry heat, LOL

Not like here where 90°F (32.2°C) can be unbearable when it's humid.

It is 99 at 5:15 and feels like 105, Earlier it was 104 with a feels like of 111. We actually lucked out and the humidity is below 80% today. Not usually the case.

 

[Dani]

It is 99 at 5:15 and feels like 105, Earlier it was 104 with a feels like of 111. We actually lucked out and the humidity is below 80% today. Not usually the case.

Oh how I know how that goes. . . I am closer to the coast.

 

[Amish Heart]

No dry heat here. I just emptied the dehumidifier again.

 

[Buttoni]

Welcome from Central Texas. You'll learn lots of useful information here.

 

[TexPrep]

It is 99 at 5:15 and feels like 105, Earlier it was 104 with a feels like of 111. We actually lucked out and the humidity is below 80% today. Not usually the case.

Yeah..yesterday and today have been pretty brutal.
I still sit out on the back porch in the shade and jump in the pool occasionally to cool down.
If things do go south and we lose electricity for an extended period the Wife is going to be miserable.

 

[Dani]

IF need be, I always have a canal running thru that I can jump into, but that is never going to be a reliable. I do know my well water is COLD! Even when we have hot temps.

 

[TexPrep]

IF need be, I always have a canal running thru that I can jump into, but that is never going to be a reliable. I do know my well water is COLD! Even when we have hot temps.

I remember swimming in the rice wells in the summer as a kid.
I swear that water was just above freezing!!!

 

[Dani]

I remember swimming in the rice wells in the summer as a kid.
I swear that water was just above freezing!!!

my sweet Hunny remembers working those rice fields along with the snakes that frequented those waters. . .

 

[TexPrep]

my sweet Hunny remembers working those rice fields along with the snakes that frequented those waters. . .

Yeah...once the water got to the rice paddies it warmed up quick.
The lakes they held the water in before sending it into the rice paddies was way to cold for snakes.
We used to dive off the 2 foot diameter pipes where the water was pumped into the lakes.
That water coming out of that pipe was freezing cold!!!
Needless to say the guys had no interest in skinny dipping in that water.

 

[DrHenley]

I remember swimming in the rice wells in the summer as a kid.
I swear that water was just above freezing!!!

What's a rice well?

 

[TexPrep]

What's a rice well?

It's where they pump the groundwater up to fill the rice paddies.
Most are 5 to 10 acres and they have 1 or 2 huge pipes that fill them.
The farmers were cool about us swimming there and put trash cans out for the beer cans.
I think he just liked watching the young chicks and collecting all of the aluminium cans.

 

[DrHenley]

Much better than cooling off in a cow pond! LOL

 

[TexPrep]

Much better than cooling off in a cow pond! LOL

Yeah...cattle tanks aren't known for their water quality.
You can actually drink the water coming out of the pipes at the rice wells.
It's crystal clear.

 

[TexPrep]

This kinda gives you the idea but they filled ponds here in Katy Texas that they would distribute to all of the paddies as needed.

 

[Cindyd]

Hi all,
I'm from Halifax, NS.
Not sure how I wound up here, but I'm glad I found it

Any other Haligonians?

Not a Haligonian, but welcome from North Fla.

I'm one of the least knowledgeable members here in terns of offering advice but I have learned what I consider a wealth of knowledge (for me) from others here you will find to be very knowledgeable on most topics which you will likely have questions.

Happy learning!

 

[Illini Warrior]

I don't know if this is a stupid question.. but are pacemakers affected by EMPs?

when the Ruskies set off one of their uber EMP enhanced nukes, to meltdown NORAD, buried under Cheyenne Mountain >>> I don't want to be near any electronic gear - much less have something inside me

 

[DrHenley]

I don't know if this is a stupid question.. but are pacemakers affected by EMPs?

They will be affected by the E1 component of an EMP which is very short wavelength. Probably not by the E2, and definitely not by the E3.

E1, E2, and E3 refer to the different wavelength spectra in a high altitude nuclear EMP, and are generated at different times. E1 first, then E2, then E3.