image from chris lawton-unsplash MORNING…temperature is at 0F (-18 C). high today 20F(-7 C) with a low of -4F ( -20C) More clear sky which will help but still we be that brisk cold weather. Tonight, clouds move in and so does the colder temperatures from the Artic. Please stay warm and stay safe.
Now looking at our Australia family and friends, they are having very hot weather. Jan 14th for they will be 81F(27 C) but looks like the when we warm up on Thursday, they will cool down. For you Australia stay cool, stay safe. Interesting article about enjoying the seasons as we have them. We do have 4 seasons that are all different. Give this a read and get from it that you can do to help enjoy each season. This is part one of getting the most out of each season. Make the Most of Each Season! By Margaret Boyles Since many of us live by the clock today, it’s easy to forget that we live in a world of natural seasons and seasonal change. What if we were more in tune with the age-old rhythms of the seasons? There’s much research that shows we would live a healthier, happier, and more productive life. Here are tips on how to live seasonally—and make the most of each season. Every main season in a four-season climate contains many micro-seasons of varying length. They arise and die continuously throughout the calendar year, sometimes overlapping, often coinciding, in some years never occurring at all. For example: Late March and early April bring seed-starting season, dandelion season, and mud season … These ease gradually into the forsythia, volunteer-lettuce, and lilac seasons … And then on into the strawberries, peas, lamb’s-quarters, and asparagus seasons … Until we reach the August–September blowout: broccoli, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, summer squash, and corn seasons … And then we move under blankets with carrots, beets, and root vegetables that we roast, along with warm boiled soups, stews, and broths made with winter cooking greens, plus preserved and fermented jars of food, dried dates and fruits, and lots of nuts that give us heat and energy. The annual sequence of food-producing, wild-plant collecting, and food preservation create many of my seasons, but there are others! For example: I observe pond seasons such as ice-out and pollywog seasons. I delight in the ephemeral seasons of puffballs and slime molds. Each year brings a couple of hard-to-dry-clothes-indoors-or-out seasons, when the days are too short and cloudy for the laundry line and it’s still too warm for the constant of radiant wood heat that dries them on indoor bars. The visible and measurable changes in weather and hours of daylight precipitate psychological changes. Each season brings a different kind of awareness. The way the air feels on my skin, the angle of light striking my eyes as the Sun moves across the sky, and the sensations of the ground underfoot as I walk or kneel all affect my thinking, my hoping and dreaming, and the way I put words together and go about solving problems. Seasonal Eating How many of us have no clue when fruits and vegetables are actually in season where we live? It’s worth considering the benefits of eating seasonally (as best we can): Eating locally grown food throughout the growing season means you enjoy the most flavorful foods. Compare a tomato ripened by the Sun to lackluster hothouse tomatoes in wintertime. The mass-produced tomatoes prioritize uniform ripening and shelf life over taste. Consider strawberries at the peak of season to those tasteless (but pricey) specimens out of season. To eat during each season also better maintains health and prevents disease. Foods at the peak of season are more nutritionally dense. In addition, foods that can naturally ripen are healthier than foods using chemicals, gasses, and ripening agents to slow down maturation and ripening. Finally, seasonal eating contributes to the local economy; may save money; contributes less carbon to the atmosphere; and certainly, can introduce you to foods that you couldn’t find in the supermarket. This is Part one, I will post part two tomorrow. I am making it a small read so you can get the whole article and what to do with living seasonally. Taken from https://www.almanac.com/how-live-tune-seasons Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected] 641-794-3337 cell 641-903-9365
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