tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813229037478792136.post7370577883335676850..comments2024-03-15T08:10:01.675-03:00Comments on The Faires Family: Wild Weather for the Sweethearts DanceElizabeth Faireshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550838366867594169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813229037478792136.post-57147907576700811742012-02-14T11:01:20.325-04:002012-02-14T11:01:20.325-04:00We've followed the weather for a few years but...We've followed the weather for a few years but of course that's not enough to give an accurate picture, the sample is simply too small. Speaking with local people though there seems to be a trend for more windy storms in the early winter and less snow during the winter. The affects of things like la nina are obvious here but of course they're cyclical and predictable. This year we've had above average temperatures all winter and less snowfall than usual but not less precipitation. It's just coming as rain in January instead of the usual snow. <br /><br />Depending on where you're located many of the aquifers seem to be largely unaffected probably due to the absence of large scale commercial or urban demands on the water supply. The rainfall here is much more evenly distributed over the year than places like Vancouver Island which is typically dry all summer. That said, people do sprinkle their lawns here in August but nowhere as much as other parts of the country and it does vary year by year. We are going to try some heavy mulching and see if we can have some crops that are not watered at all, just relying on rainfall. I'll post how that goes. <br /><br />I'm not saying that NS is perfect. I wish there was no such thing as mosquitoes and the dreaded blackfly hatch for 3 weeks in June, but there are. I'd prefer that it was an island cut off from large cities in the USA, but it's not. And that's good for many reasons too. But given the choices available to us and our desire to stay in Canada, this seems like our best bet. We are preppers or doomers or whatever you want to call us. We think there's the potential for things to go seriously wrong economically and environmentally and we want to be prepared. And while we might be alone in our beliefs we still love it here and plan on making this our home. Praying definitely worked for us...if you're meant to move here, you'll know it too.Elizabeth Faireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550838366867594169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813229037478792136.post-73899814139187021702012-02-11T15:38:29.916-04:002012-02-11T15:38:29.916-04:00Hi Elizabeth!
I'm so glad I found your blog. ...Hi Elizabeth!<br />I'm so glad I found your blog. I have been also thinking of moving out to Nova Scotia (annapolis valley, maybe) because of the lifestyle and reasonable prices of farms. Planning for my family and future generations.<br />Now, without sounding gloomy- I just wanted to ask you if you have any insight on global warming effects in NS. Things are already changing everywhere there's no denial and whenever I research NS on line... its not good news. So now I'm asking more and praying for answers and again just wanted to know your feelings on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com