Q & A : US War with Iran

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The Iran War is raising a lot of concerns and questions…and some fear. Let me address some of the questions that are coming in…

  • Can we win the war with Iran?

First off…I’m glad you realize it is actually a war. It’s not a “military action” or “limited strikes” or a “police action”…it is plain and simple…a war.

Here’s the tricky part to your question…What does “win” mean? Literally, you have to go back 80 years to WW2 to see an actual war that we, the USA, won. There is little debate that we lost the Afghanistan War, or Iraq War 2. The first Iraq war (Gulf War – 1990-91) was a weird one; we just declared victory (i.e. mission accomplished) and then pulled out. But, it could hardly be considered a “win” when we decided to go back to war 12 years later with Iraq. Then look at the Vietnam War…a huge loss for the US. The Korean War was not a win either. So in the last 80 years, 5 wars, no “win”. So history pretty much shows that we will not win the war with Iran. Maybe better said, we cannot win the war with Iran.

So now you might want to know how we lose. We fight, destroy their country, kill thousands or 10’s of thousands, obliterate their navy, eliminate their air force, turn their cities into stone age piles of rubble, decimate their oil infrastructure, and kill their top level political, military, and religious leadership. Is that a “win”? Well, the last two wars we lost, Iraq & Afghanistan, after having done the same things. So you tell me what a “win” looks like.

Look at it this way…Trump wanted to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability so he bombed the heck out of them last year. But in the last few days he also said that these current strikes were to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability. So last year’s strikes were a failure, yes? Or, was Trump lying? But, Trump also said the Iran War was for regime change…well, that utterly failed in Iraq & Afghanistan, yes? So can we be successful with that objective in Iran? No, we won’t be, we can’t be.

In my opinion…there is absolutely no way we “win” the war with Iran…period…full stop…end of story. What we will do is destroy and kill…and then more destroying and more killing…then repeat, repeat, repeat. But we will not win. The truly frightening part…Trump is not ruling out “boots on the ground” in Iran. His words exactly. Yet, another nightmare scenario for the US. We are dumber than door nails…we just can’t seem to learn the obvious lesson.

  • Can Iran win the war?

Yes, it is far more likely that Iran will win the war than the US. Just like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam…Iran will outlast us. And there is a possibility that Iran will lead to the destruction of the US…or at least remove it as the world’s sole super power. How? Ah, yes…

The Iran War is the first war for the US that is not, or at least no yet, a ground war. The Iran War is an air war…planes, missiles, and drones. Iran doesn’t need to strike the US to win, or even defeat the US in conventional terms. All Iran has to do is run the US out of defensive missiles. Iran has thousands of missiles and tens of thousands of drones…it can fire at targets. To defend those targets the US and its allies have to use at least 2 interceptor missiles to successfully bring down the incoming missile. More interceptors are needed for incoming drones.

So the question is…does Iran have more missiles and drones than the US has interceptors? The answer is yes. And then consider that the US has a very, very limited capacity to manufacture new interceptors to replace the ones they are using. We simply can’t build enough to anywhere near replace the quantity we are using at or near this rate. All Iran has to do is endure that punishment we are giving them…and keep firing those missiles and drones until we hit a critical minimum level of interceptors. Then they keep firing more…and we go into “peace talks”…yeah, they win.

While that is going on…do you not think that China and Russia aren’t counting the interceptors that we are using? If we hit a critical minimum level…China has hundreds and hundreds of thousands of missiles and drones. Think Taiwan.

So Iran has a far better chance of winning than the US…and China is sitting back watching their chances of winning improve with every interceptor we fire. And watch for China sending more drones to Iran…they already shipped a bunch last year after we bombed Iran.

  • I’ve heard Trump and Rubio both explain why we to war with Iran and I don’t believe them. What do you think?

Well, it’s not a simple answer, lots of factors in play. In my opinion both have said partial truths but not the whole truth. I am not even sure if anyone, including Trump and Rubio, knows the real truth. But, I think:

      • Israel has been pushing for war with Iran for decades. This was their perfect opportunity for them with Trump as President (Israel boot licker) and a Republican Congress (Israel bribe takers). Israel saw the chance to kill Iran’s leader and they let the US know they were going to do it. Trump would not be outdone by Israel so he struck first.
      • Trump didn’t like Iran dragging out negotiations at the bargaining table over nukes. Trump always has to be unquestionably in-charge. Trump’s ego drove him to use the military might of the US to force Iran’s capitulation.
      • Trump wants to force China’s submission to the US. He can’t do it with trade because we are dependent on China. But, he can hurt China with eliminating a notable percentage of their oil imports by cutting off Iran’s oil exports to China.
      • Trump is afraid of BRICS and their growing global influence and power. Destroying Iran would be a blow to BRICS.

And I’m not sure how to say this without it sounding disrespectful…and it’s not meant to be. I honestly think President Trump sees himself as this major force of good in the world…kinda like a “savior” complex mixed with a “God” complex. I think he truly sees Iran as a threat to the entire world, or at least the wider middle-east region. And by regime change to a US-friendly Iranian government he makes the world a better place.

Unfortunately Trump isn’t a good student of history, or he allows his ego to make him think he is the exception not the rule. If you look at Iranian history you also have to consider the fact that they are Persians. And Persia was a global empire long before America as a country was even a concept…by 1500 years. And Persians were/are some of the most intelligent people on earth for thousands of years. True, Islam has severely curtailed that intelligence and stifled that culture…but has not eliminated it. Islam has made them more radical of late…and that makes them more dangerous to their enemies.

So…Trump vs Iran…Iran wins. Their history proves they will outlast whatever Trump and the US throws at them. And the last 80 years of US history shows we will destroy and kill…and lose. But that won’t stop Trump…he is on a mission…a crusade. Unfortunately more like Don Quito than George Washington.

  • You said to “prepare” for the war with Iran. What do I do?

No, I didn’t say prepare for war with Iran. I said prepare. The war with Iran is just another blow against the world and US situation right now. The Iran War is taking a huge toll on the US government budget. And it will have a significant negative impact on the US economy…and consumer wallets.

Look at it this way…in the last week gasoline here locally is up 6%. However, crude oil is up 14% indicating that gasoline is on the way up. As fuel prices increase the price of EVERYTHING goes up. But this only one aspect of the larger situation.

Taken as a whole the economy is a wreck, the employment situation is deteriorating day-by-day, and the dollar gets weaker and weaker. So I am saying “prepare” for what is happening and what is likely to happen. Then if you have some time and money leftover prepare for what “might” happen.

So no, you can’t and shouldn’t personally prepare for war with Iran…just prepare for the situation in the world today…and what we are facing in the near future.

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SitRep: Economy – 3/3/2026

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I had been preparing a post on the updated state of the economy, especially post-SOTU last Tuesday. I got side-tracked with tasks around the glamstead and postponed the article. And then the war started with Iran on Saturday. I postponed again waiting to see how the markets and economy projections would play out after Monday. Why Monday? I figured there would be “panic” at the start of the week and then level off after folks composed themselves. So here is the updated article. However, I will write it as if the war hadn’t started…then add a small section at the end for the war effects.

Let’s hear from some experts and major players in the game…

February 24th – JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday, “…the financial world looks a lot like the heyday in the years ahead of the global financial crisis [2007 – 2009].” He went on to say, “Take a deep breath and watch out.”

February 24th – Moody’s Analytics economist, Mark Zandi, says that “the market is disconnected from the US economy.” He goes on to say, “Falling asset prices threaten an already vulnerable economy,” and “thinks that a major sell-off could be coming that would impact the broader economy.”

He explains, “Real GDP is the strongest indicator, and it is growing just over 2%, below the economy’s potential, estimated to be near 2.5%,” he said, “Employment has flat-lined, and unemployment continues to creep higher. Inflation, as measured by the Fed’s preferred consumer expenditure deflator, remains stubbornly and uncomfortably high at 3%.”

He says, “The stock market is wavering this year as investors fret over everything from tariffs to AI,” but Mark Zandi, goes on to say, “thinks things could soon get a lot worse.”

February 22th – Citrini Research published the “Doomsday Report” outlined a terrifyingly plausible scenario of imminent, global financial chaos brought about by artificial intelligence. Citrini outlined a harrowingly reasonable chain of routine market fluctuations that would culminate in chaos as agentic AI consumed and confounded the global economy.

They went on to explain, “A scenario that began with unprecedented white-collar layoffs quickly devolved into mortgage meltdowns as capital continued to concentrate in the tech and AI sectors.”

The scary part, “The system wasn’t designed for a crisis like this…This is a credible, ongoing concerns about AI’s potential to unleash global economic unrest.”

February 26th – Block, Inc. said Thursday it’s laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Jack Dorsey, Block’s co-founder and CEO, wrote in a letter to shareholders. “We’re reducing Block by nearly half.” He explained, “the job cuts would enable it to move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work.”

Block’s CFO said, “We are choosing to shift how we operate at a time when our business is accelerating and we see an opportunity to move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work.”

Who is Block, Inc.? Block, Inc. -formerly Square, Inc.- is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. It was Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey, it is the U.S. market leader in point-of-sale systems. Block serves nearly 60 million users and more than 4 million sellers, processing about $300 billion in payments annually.

February 27th – TheStreet published the following…”new government data revealed that producers are facing higher price tags. The Producer Price Index (PPI), which tracks what businesses pay one another for goods and services, climbed 0.5% last month. This was a notable increase from the 0.4% seen in December. While the annual inflation rate slowed slightly to 2.9% from 3%, it still landed well above the 2.6% that economists had predicted.”

They went on, “When the volatile categories of food and energy are removed, the ‘core’ PPI—which provides a clearer look at long-term inflation trends—showed an even sharper rise. This underlying measure jumped 0.8% in January, compared to 0.6% in December. This pushed the annual core rate to 3.6%, marking the highest level seen in 10 months.” The stock markets lost almost 1% that day.

February 27th – Recent poll shows:

  • 53 percent of adults say they have just enough money to maintain their standard of living but spending on going out to dinner, vacations and new cars is unaffordable.
  • 74 percent say a new car is not affordable.
  • less that 30% say they are “getting ahead”
  • 3 in 4 renters say they would like to be homeowners, 65 percent say they won’t be able to buy a home in the foreseeable future. That’s true even for 57 percent of renters who earn more than $100,000 a year

February 26th – Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of Anthropic, warned that artificial intelligence (AI) power and wealth are concentrating rapidly among a small group of companies, raising concerns about economic and political influence, and has done so almost overnight.

He also warned that AI advancement resembles an approaching “tsunami,” arguing that many people underestimate its impact. Amodei has previously published an essay cautioning that unchecked growth could generate “personal fortunes well into the trillions” and outsized political leverage.

[This came out the day before Anthropic refused to allow the US federal government, specifically the Pentagon, to use its AI program for “autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance of Americans.” This was Anthropic’s attempt to protect Americans from the extreme dangers of AI. The next day Trump ordered all Federal agencies to cease using Anthropic AI. Anthropic simply wanted to prevent further implementation by the US federal government of a combination of “1984” and “Terminator”. So why would the federal government object to that?]

Last but not Least…the US War with Iran –

Estimates of the US-Iranian War will negatively impact the US economy are now more than $200billion and rising each day.

The actual military cost to taxpayers is somewhere north of $2billion per day for total costs to destroy Iran. F-35 fighters are a real deal at $42,000 per hour, $60,000 – $175,000 per hour for a B-1 bomber, and only $1,400,000 – $16,000,000 per missile depending on the version. The real deal are air craft carries…$7,000,000 for the ship and crew. The entire air craft carrier strike group (carrier and supporting ships) runs about $13,000,000 per day. But the cost-savings was getting all this ships, planes, and people over there and on-station…that was a measly $200million per day.

So what do you think…about $10billion so far, including the build-up…maybe closer to $30billion for only 4 days of our war against Iran? Gee, what a great way to spend taxpayer money! Or, just borrow it and add those 10’s of billions to the national debt…no one notice…or care.

But no big deal…the war is a bargain for US taxpaying citizens…oil is only up 22% since last week ($64-$78). But gasoline at the pump only jumped 20cents per gallon, and expected to go up another 30cents within the week. Yeah, closing off 20% of the world’s oil supply will just be a minor irritation for you, yeah? But not to worry, since the war started there was only a single night where the price of gasoline jumped 11cents per gallon…surely that won’t repeat…and it’s nothing but a minor inconvenience to you, yes?

And why did we go to war with Iran again…Trump initially stated their growing nuclear capability was the problem, then it changed to regime change. Ironically and understandably, Senator Ted Cruz said yesterday there was no indication Iran was anywhere close to getting nuclear weapons.” And didn’t we just bomb the hell out of Iran last year to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability? No biggie, it will only be a multi-multi-hundreds of BILLIONS of dollar hit to the US economy. A small price to pay for killing over a thousand Iranian civilians so far, including 170 people at an elementary school in Minab, Iran. And really no worry…only about 100 of them were young children…and fortunately it was a girl’s school and all the dead children were girls. That is nothing compared to the US economy hit…right? Yes? Ever think WWJD?

Summary –

‘Black Swan’ author had some interesting things to say about the threat of AI and the fast growing number of corporate bankruptcies in the US. But, I’ve said enough already. And don’t worry that the markets are only down 1.5% – 2.5% today. And I am sure that oil up more than 6% today, and natural gas up 5% today is no harbinger of things to come. Everything is fine…move along.

There is nothing you can do to stop or even influence the madness in the world today in Washington DC…nothing. The US voted for this (sort of) and we got it. The next time your voice will count is in November for the mid-term elections.

MAKE YOU VOICE HEARD THEN!!!

In the mean time I would think you should look at ways to prepare for some kind of market…economic…employment…banking issue. Just saying…

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Peace President !

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After my post on Saturday, “Is it just me???” Texas Dan brought something to my attention…and I just had to do some follow-up on it.

So last year on multiple occasions President Trump claimed the title “Peace President” for himself. And last year he appealed directly to Norway’s leaders to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And when he didn’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize he complained bitterly to Norway, and publicly complained about not winning.

Item #1 – Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicates US forces, under orders from Trump, have executed or partnered in 622 air and drone strikes across seven countries in 2025 alone.

Item #2 – On orders from Trump…in just 2026 US forces bombed at least 7 different countries; Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria.

Item #3 – Venezuela and Iran represent two sovereign nations that the US military, under orders from Trump, have either kidnapped or killed their leaders; and have, or currently are, committing regime change.

Item #4 – The US, under Trump’s leadership, is still supporting the Ukraine in its war with Russia. Hundreds of thousands of casualties from both sides, military and civilians in the last year.

Item #5 – The US, under Trump’s leadership, still supports Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. And in 2025 the estimates are 10’s of thousands of casualties, more than 2,000 death…mostly civilians…at the hands of US backed and US funded Israel.

Item #6 – Trump claims he ended 6 wars in his second term. Problem is…there is no independent verifiable list of him ending any war or conflict. Even the peace agreement between Israel and Gaza hasn’t held…1200 Palestinian casualties, including at least 300 deaths since the so-called “peace agreement”; 11 killed just last week.

Item #7 –15 Months Ago, Donald Trump Promised “I’m Not Going to Start Wars, I’m Going to Stop Wars”. During his 2024 campaign for President Trump pledged, “no new wars”. Let me think about that one for a minute…

Summary –

So maybe Trump shouldn’t be so surprised he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. And, just a thought, maybe he should stop whining about it. “Peace President”…doesn’t seem like it to me…how about you?

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Is it just me???

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This morning, for obvious reasons, I kinda looked back over the last year…informally. And I realized that the USA is now bombing, attacking, overthrowing, invading, or forcing regime change every couple of months. Hummmmm…….Kinda like we are a warlike, war-loving bunch of people, eh?

And that is not including threatening violence against, and taking over, a country that is supposedly a US ally.

Oh, I forgot the nearly $200BILLION since January 2025 in aid to Ukraine for their war against Russia. Interestingly…that figure comes from the Council on Foreign Relations. Yup, if anyone knows about war, death, and destruction…it would be the CFR.

Oh, then there is the $20BILLION since January 2025 in aid to Israel for their “war” in Gaza.

Is it just me, or maybe we are proving him right…

Ever wonder what we could accomplish if we just minded our own business, stopped being war-mongers, and spent all that money on our own country? You know…like our Founding Fathers wanted us to.

So…is it just me? Well…

  • Less than 30% of Americans support military action against Iran
  • Only 33% of Americans supported the attack on Venezuela
  • Only 32% of Americans support Israel’s war against Gaza
  • Only 17% of Americans supported “taking” Greenland

Notice the 30 – 33% figure? Seems as if there are a bunch of war-mongers in the USA. Then again…maybe that is just the ones who benefit from the military-industrial complex making trillions off of bullets, bombs, missiles, fighter jets, tanks, etc..

But my real question…if the vast majority…at least 2-to-1…object to the US loving war and interfering in the world with sovereign nations…why do we have leadership (for the last 80 years) that goes against the will of the people? Or is that just a question that should never be asked? Shut-up…go along…salute the flag…don’t question leadership…just fall in line…mind my own business.

Ain’t “1984” a wonderful place to live !

Note for you poll numbers folks (4 days ago)…“Almost 70 percent of Americans say President Trump is not paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems.”

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Q & A : Growing Onions

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  • How do you start and grow onions?

I found that onion variety is really sensitive based on the area of the country you are in. For us I found Wala Wala does really well. That being said, it also depends on…I’m not sure…luck maybe?

I’ve had great luck planting onion “sets” as long as I hill them and then expose the bulb at the right time. Several years ago I did a direct planting of seeds in one of my raised beds and it worked just fine, huge crop. The next year not a single seed sprouted. I have no idea what went sideways.

This year I am trying to do my own onion sets, we’ll see how that goes. For potting soil in my “mix” I use a regular store bought potting soil such as Miracle-Gro, Sta-Green is fine as well. But I try to mimic the soil they will grow in. So here is the mix (approximately):

  • 3 parts potting soil
  • 1 part coarse sand
  • healthy dash of vermiculite

Yesterday’s mix was; 4.5 cups of potting soil, 1.5 cups of coarse sand, 1/3 cup of vermiculite. The mix doesn’t have to be exact.

I dampen the potting mix just shy of squeezing water out. Then I fill each container, I use deeper pots…about 4”, to about 1” from the top with the mix. I hold back enough mix to cover each pot with ¼” – ½” of the mix. I spread the seeds out randomly in each pot…maybe 30 – 40 seeds per 3” – 4” diameter pot. Then put 1/4” – 1/3” the mix over the seeds and water in just enough to settle the soil. As an option: you can cover them with 1/8” – 1/4” of Vermiculite.

When the tops are about 8” or so, if they get that far before I transplant them, I trim them back to about 5” – 6” to stimulate root growth vs stem growth.

I start my sets about 3 months prior to last frost. I keep them kinda damp but not saturated. You get a big clump of sets if all went well. I separate them and give them a couple days to dry before planting. Then store them in a cool dry place until ready to plant. But, I try to go straight from the seedling container to the raised bed after a day or two to dry. Onion sets can handle a light frost, like maybe down to 26degress or so. So I don’t wait until after the last frost to plant them, I just make sure that the ground isn’t frozen (duh) and no real frost for a week or so (gives the roots time to get settled in). If a hard frost is predicted I just cover them up for the night.

Some folks trim the roots back to 1” before planting, not me. I do look for weak or rotted roots, those I trim back.

All my raised beds drain well; that is the best soil for onions. Heavy soil or soil that becomes saturated with water is not good for onions. When I plant I make sure the little set bulb is covered but not buried deep. I mound the new plant to help stabilize the plant for a couple of weeks, then I let the bulb emerge and stay exposed.

Last thought…onions need consistent deep watering; but don’t over water, soil needs to drain so roots aren’t sitting in saturated soil. And onions need fertilizing. To start use a 1-2-1 ratio fertilizer (such as a 10-20-10 or 5-10-5). You can add bone meal to a 10-10-10 fertilizer to get the heavier phosphorus content. After about 3 weeks or so go straight (or almost straight) nitrogen every 2 – 3 weeks. You can go with as high as a 20-0-0 fertilizer if you want…just follow directions. Blood meal is a high nitrogen-only source. I do use a furrow between my rows and put the fertilizer in the furrow. The roots will absorb the fertilizer so make sure the soil is damp before you fertilize, and then water in the fertilizer really well to avoid “burning” your plants. Organic fertilizers are great…but normally take much, much longer to break down so act accordingly. Osmocote isn’t organic but won’t burn.

Note #1: I like Pennington Alaska fish-based fertilizers < https://www.pennington.com/all-products/fertilizer/alaska >

Note #2: If you aren’t afraid of non-organic fertilizer I think Osmocote is pretty dang good (probably the best for gardens) < https://amzn.to/4rHbJUX >

 

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Q & A : Inflation & National Debt

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Look, I’m not professional economist, numbers brainiac, wealth manager, or banker…but, I think I have a pretty good grasp on what is happening economically. But then again…what the heck does a senior citizen (i.e. old) retired firefighter wannabe glamsteader know? Let me take a stab at answering a couple of questions that came to me.

  • What is “inflation”?

Well, that answer depends on who is answering it, there are generally two answers…both of which are correct…but, the first is caused by the latter.

First answer: the general increase in the price of goods and services.

Second answer: the decrease in the purchasing power of money caused by the increase in money supply.

There is a third answer but it is the weakest and least reliable: supply and demand. This is generally referred to as “too much money chasing too few goods.” But, the “too much money” part of it is caused by the money supply being increased. There is a semi-accurate, although seldom, aspect of “supply and demand”.

To get this out of the way first off…I will give you a “supply and demand” example but it is seldom actually seen in real life. Let’s say there is a state, call it Ohio. For this example say there are 100’s of farmers raising cattle, thousands and thousands of them. Now Ohio hits a dry year and 2million of the 12million residents also leave due to immigrants being deported and companies closing. So we see lot’s of people leaving (demand lowering) and farmers selling off cattle due to the cost of hay & feed skyrocketing (supply increasing). At the livestock sale barns the price of cattle goes down due to way more cattle being taken to market and far fewer people buying hamburger. But, these types of “supply and demand” issues are usually short lived and not indicative of the economy in general.

Now on to real life…

We all can see inflation easily when we go to the store and see an item that was $2.99 two years ago now priced at $3.99. Even worse when viewed over a 10 or 50 year time span. An obvious example would be home prices. In 1965 the average house price was less than $22,000. In 2025 the average house price was $360,000. That’s an increase of 1536% in 60 years. Few reasonable people could question that is a huge increase in price.

So you go back a bunch of years and “inflation” meant one thing…an increase in the money supply. When you think about it, when you just use the term inflate, what comes to mind? Yup, to make something bigger, like a balloon or football.

When you talk about the price of goods and services going up what comes to mind is a price “increase” not price “inflation”. So the term “inflation” when applied to economics has become seriously transformed/corrupted over the years.

So, when you see prices go up it becomes necessary to compare it to the money supply. Let’s start by looking at US inflation, the best way to do that is to look at $1,000 in 1900 by 1965 you would need $4,000 to have the same “buying power” as the original $1,000 in 1900. That means the original $1,000 (money) lost ¼ of its buying power over 65 years. Now, look at the next 60 years…1965 – 2025. In 2025 you would need $38,000 to match the same “buying power” of the $4,000 in 1965. That is a HUGE loss of buying power. It takes nearly 10 times more dollars (money) to equal the same buying power.

What? Yup, when you look at it that way…the dollar lost most of its value from 1965 – 2025. The reality comes into focus when you see the average price of a home go from $22,000 to $360,000 during that same times period. Simply put…the dollar lost a huge amount of value…most of its value actually.

When you look at the inflation chart for that $1,000 in 1900 you see it is pretty stable for the most part until about the mid-1970’s. What happened then to make a huge spike begin? The United States went off the gold standard and became a fiat currency.

In 1900 the average price of a home in the US was about $2000 and could be bought with 95 ounces of gold. In late Sept 2025 the average price of a home in the US was about $360,000 and could be bought for about 95 ounces of gold. Do you see a relationship there?

The price of gold and the price of a home each went up 180 times; meaning that it took $180 in 2025 to equal $1 from 1900. That equates to the dollar lost most of its value in 125 years!

      • Why compare the dollar to gold? Because gold has a pretty static intrinsic value.
      • What was the 1900 price of gold in the comparison? $21 per ounce.
      • What was the Sept 2025 price of gold in the comparison? $3760 per ounce (right before it made the huge spike in price.)

So why does the price of gold fluctuate in comparison to the dollar? It doesn’t. The value of the dollar fluctuates in comparison to the value of the gold. That is the whole point. In Sept 2025 it took $3760 to buy an ounce of gold. In 1900 it only took $21 to buy an ounce of gold. The dollar in 1900 was super strong…in Sep 2025 the dollar was super weak.

Now gold is about $5,200 per ounce. That means the value of the dollar went down just about 38% in five months (Sept 2025 – Feb 2026).

I will give ground on one thing…in the last 25 years gold has taken on an element of speculation. Meaning, people are “betting” the dollar goes up or down based on what the future US and world economies look like, along with the global geopolitical outlook as well. So the price gold became a “bet” or “gamble” to some degree. But it is still tied to the value of the dollar…the “bet” that the dollar will go up or down in price. And people were buying gold to hedge that bet. Meaning that gold would hold its value and offset the loss of value in the dollar. Why do people “bet” on the value of the dollar? Because the dollar has no intrinsic value…it has no value in and of itself…it is a speculation or guess of what it can buy at some future point in time.

Bottom line…when you see the price of gold go up, the value of the dollar is going down. When gold goes down, the value of the dollar goes up. Gold is not changing value, the dollar is changing price.

That same principle applies to most prices of everything…when money supply goes up…prices go up because the value of the dollar is going down. That is called inflation in true terms.

  • I heard that the US government can “inflate” its way out of debt?

Theoretically, yes. What the principle is that…the value of the dollar in 10, 20, or 30 years from now is much lower than the value of the dollar in today’s terms. As the money supply increases the value of dollar goes down. So, the Fed increases the money supply to stratospheric heights driving the “value” of the dollar down. Thus, a dollar used to pay the debt in 30 years is worth only a fraction of what it is now. And remember, it is the Federal Reserve (private bankers) that control the money supply, the national debt, and the interest rate paid on that debt.

In theory that means that the Fed could simply digitally create $39trillion dollars right now and pay off all the US national debt tomorrow. Done! Over! No more US debt. Nice! Sweet! Clean slate!

But here’s the catch…the current US money supply is about $22trillion. And the Fed now creates $39trillion to pay off the debt. What happens to the value of the dollar?

Think of it this way…Today there is money supply of $22trillion, tomorrow there is money supply of 61trillion US dollars ($39trillion addition to pay off the national debt). The very best case scenario…the value of the dollar is cut by about 60%. Yup, that means for every dollar you had in the bank it is now only worth 40cents in terms of buying power.

That is how the US government (via the Federal Reserve) could inflate its way out of debt…destroying the value of the dollar. Think of it this way…milk is about $3.50 per gallon today…tomorrow it would be right at $9.00 per gallon. That is called inflation…and inflating our way out of national debt.

Ask yourself this…if the Fed along with the US gov’t decided to inflate its way out of debt today…would your salary go up 2.6 times to match the inflation rate? The 2025 average salary in the US was about $66,000. That means overnight that salary would have to go to $172,000 just to maintain the same buying power.

That is called hyper-inflation.

You see, it is not about national debt, inflation rate, price of gold, or the value of the dollar…none of that! It is about “buying power” of a dollar. And folks…we are losing that fight BIG TIME!!! Yup, the buying power of the dollar keeps tanking year after year after year.

Question to ask yourself…Why is that happening? What is the purpose behind it?

Consider this…the 3-fold mission of the Federal Reserve is to conduct the nation’s monetary policy to promote:

      • maximum employment,
      • stable prices,
      • moderate long-term interest rates.

In 1913 the US federal government turned over that authority to a group of private bankers to control those 3 things. Have you ever wondered “why?”

And actually, ask yourself this…What gives the US federal government the “authority” to control those things, let alone turn that authority over to a group of private banks?

But maybe about now you are starting to see why the economy is a complete wreck, for over 50 years the middle-class has been disappearing, we have no hope of ever paying off the national debt in a responsible way, and the dollar is virtually worthless compared to 112 years ago when the Fed took over controlling the country’s economy.

Wait, here’s my bottom line…

What are you doing to prepare for these continued economic problems and the coming crash?

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SOLAR : My biggest mistake…by far!

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Not all goes well on the glamstead, sometimes I make mistakes…sometimes BIG mistakes. Last month was one of those BIG mistakes. I cured it last week.

Back in JanuaryI got a call from my wife. She pleasantly, and without panic, asked me why the power went out in the house.

Let me explain…I have what is called a very boring solar system. It powers the house nicely and provides us all the luxuries and stability of a relatively normal life…without a utility bill or dependence on a power company. And it is boring! Meaning…I really don’t have to pay attention to the operation of the system…it just does it thing day in and day out…no issues,, no problems. Nice. But that all changed that day…

Fortunately I was on my way home and was only about 10 mins or so away. I asked her is there was any wire burning smell in the house. No. Then I asked if she would check for smoke or fire in the utility room where the solar equipment is located. Fortunately, she knows my humor and checked. Nothing. I’m glad I didn’t tell her I wasn’t joking.

I got home, verified the power was completely out in the entire house and headed to the utility room. In there I found the inverters off, the batteries offline, the computer brain showing an “alarm”, the charge controllers off, the system shutdown, no AC power at all.

The Victron CCGX “brain” or “computer” that controls/coordinates the system had an alarm “LVD Error”. Yeah, that means the system shut down due to low voltage coming from the batteries. I checked the SOC (State of Charge) lights on the batteries and it was showing about 75% of full capacity. That is not a low voltage problem at all. It simply made no sense.

I tried to troubleshoot what the problem was…or rather what the “real” problem was. I just couldn’t figure it out at all. Remember, I built the system, programmed the inverters, programmed the CCGX, programmed the charge controllers, made all the settings myself…I know my system pretty well. But, I still couldn’t figure it out.

Back about 400 years ago while I was also a firefighter, during my days off, I programmed computers. Okay, it was back in the late 80’s till about 2001. One of the things we had to do regularly in the early days was troubleshoot computer hardware along with the software. Sometimes with the computers themselves the only thing we could do to get it back up and running was the “BRB”…Big Red Button. On the early desktop computers there was a big red lever on the side of the case…the on/off button. Turn the computer off, wait a minute, turn the computer back on…problem solved, issue fixed…back up and running. Almost always worked for hardware problems.

Yup, I decided to shut down the entire system and restart it. Fortunately for me I’ve done it countless times and was no big deal…just think it through step-by-step. About 5 minutes later the system was up and running just fine, power to the house…and me left confused at what might have happened. The only thing I could figure out was some kind of “hiccup” occurred between the master battery computer management system (BMS) and the CCGX (the solar system computer/controller). And the system shut itself down to protect itself. Obviously since it came right back up without an issue, it had to be some false alarm/issue.

But…it exposed a much larger problem!!!

What if I had been out of town, or a couple of hours away? What if my wife hadn’t been able to get a hold of me? What if…

Yeah, even if my wife had gotten me on the phone but a couple hours away…could I have talked her through a system shutdown and restart? Maybe…but it would have been ugly trying to get her through each step in correct order to shut it down…then trying to get her through each step in correct order to do a restart.

Then my mind drifted to a couple other issues…using the generator with the system…and what about when eventually/if we sell the place. Yup, my OCD kicked in.

I have a document for the solar system that describes each piece of equipment and why I use it. It has a complete wiring diagram for each part of the system as well. That document is for anyone who has to work on the system besides me…they will understand how it is wired and what each piece of equipment is for. It’s like a technical manual. But, I don’t have an actual “operations guide”. Yeah it was obvious, that had to change.

So, over the course of several days I wrote, then edited, then edited it some more until I had a pretty dang good step-by-step manual that described:

  • How to completely shutdown the system,
  • How to start-up the system from a complete shutdown status,
  • How to hook-up the generator to by-pass the solar system,
  • How to hook-up the generator to supply power to the solar system,
  • How to remove the generator and remove it from the system, and shut down generator power.

Along the way I gave pretty good descriptions of solar system’s operations, including the “why” aspect. I used copious amounts of pictures with descriptions of lights, buttons, and levers. I had my wife look it over and she felt she could do any of the operations outlined in the manual…with just the manual.

Now, anyone…my wife, other technicians, a potential buyer, or a new owner can look at the operations guide and get a pretty good idea of how to run it. Also, combine that manual with the other “technical manual” I wrote, anyone could work on the system…or at least understand the how and why it was built, and how to operate it.

I sleep better at night now.

In case you want to see what the final product looks like I have attached it as a download. If you have a solar system, especially a DIY system, you might want to think about writing something to help others run your system safely.

So why was this “no manual” my biggest mistake so far? Simple, the safe operation, or any fixes, depended solely on me; avoiding a potential disaster for my wife if I wasn’t around to resolve the issue(s). Maybe preventing something worse.

You can download my Operations Guide (PDF file) by < clicking here > It might be helpful if you want to create one of your own.

I keep the guide book right smack dab in the middle of everything. Anyone can instantly know right where it is. Ah, no…there is no “red arrow” painted on the wall and equipment pointing to the manual.

The “tabs” are different manual parts; battery manual, inverter troubleshooting pages, &charge controller troubleshooting pages.

 

 

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Glamstead Q & A : What was the #1 change you made at your place in 2025?

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  • What was the #1 change you made at your place in 2025?

That is an easy one, a very easy one. But, the #1 wouldn’t be possible without the #2. Let me explain…

The #1 change that made the most difference is us installing an 18kBTU mini-split in November. And that is an easy #1. Why? Because we’ve not had a fire in the wood stove since last spring!! Yeah, that means no hauling in firewood, no building fires, no carrying out ash, no worrying about snow or rain on the wood pile, and…SLEEPING ALL NIGHT!!!

When we are using the wood stove I would have to get up a minimum of once a night, sometimes 2 – 3 times to feed the fire. While that may not sound like a big deal to you…it is to me. I’m a light sleeper and if I wake up after about 3am – 4am it is hard, nearly impossible, for me to get back to sleep. Now I don’t feed have to feed the fire coz there isn’t one!

Another benefit is not worrying about having to cut firewood. I still will cut more firewood but it is for cleaning up the place and having a back-up source of heat. We already have about 2 years worth of firewood and will continue to add to the supply. But I don’t have to cut it.

Now, what was the #2 I referred to? The solar system. And, technically there were two different events with the solar system this year that made #1 possible. Let me explain…

Change #2 – Event #1 : I upgraded my battery bank for the solar system in February. I previously had about 600ah / 30kWh of battery storage. That storage capacity was in 3 batteries; 2 x no-name batteries (generic China) & 1 x Trophy battery. They were “open-loop” and just not performing as well as they should. I sold them off and replaced them with 8 Midnite MNPoweFlo5 batteries; 800ah / 41kWh. And I was able to go “closed-loop” with my Victron system, and the charging process was vastly improved as well as 37% more storage capacity. Net cost for the upgrade was $1,600. < click here to read about this >

Change #2 – Event #2 : I revamped my solar panels in August. The 3 arrays had “evolved” over 5 years and were nowhere near efficient in producing power for the system. So I sat back, assessed, planned, and then worked over the course of a couple weeks to completely re-do the arrays. I also had a few panels laying around not doing anything, so those got added correctly to the arrays as well. The result was far more efficient solar panel arrays and an increase of production; 5.2kw to 8.5kw…64% more power coming from the sun! < click here to read about this >

Just FYI…I have another 2700w of panels that I will be adding to the existing arrays sometime this year. Oh yeah!!! Over 11kw of solar production…SWEET!!! Living the good life.

Back to the #1 change…the mini-split is 220vAC and 1350w, very efficient but a power hog when running 24/7 on “heat” during the winter. For you numbers folks…the mini-split uses about 20kw per day. On good winter days my system produces about 30kw per day. That means the mini-split is using about 2/3 of all the power I am generating. Without the Event #2 upgrade I would not have had the power to use that mini-split. And without the increase in power storage in Event #1, I would not have had the power to run the mini-split overnight. So the two changes go hand-in-hand…without Change #2, Change #1 would not have been possible…but Change #1 was the biggest change here for me personally…made my life considerably easier and far more pleasant.

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Q & A : Seedlings

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I got a couple of questions from my latest “glamstead” article…

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  • What do you use for potting soil?

I’ve used different versions. I’ve also made my own before < click here to read about it >. I also came up with a different version/recipe…basically peat moss, some rough/large sand, and perlite…then a very, very small dash of organic fertilizer. This year I am trying Miracle-Gro. I’ve used Sta-Green before as well. They’re all good, price is the big difference.

Since I am just starting a small number of seeds this year, Miracle-Gro is a good choice; Sta-Green would be a decent option as well. If I am doing a large bunch of seedlings like last year I make my own < click here >.

It is far more important how you treat the tiny little pots of soil with the seeds. I’ve learned not to overthink it and not to hover over them. I start out the potting soil damp with warm water. You shouldn’t be able to squeeze any water out of it but your hand should be wet. Then leave it be. Yeah, I’ve done the seed soaking before, it’s okay, not required. If the soil gets fairly dry I water it till its damp again. I try not to water it so much that it comes out into the drainage tray.

Yeah I know, some folks water from the bottom up, no problem, I don’t. I also don’t use a sprsy bottle to water.

I am trying something different this year as well. I use a seedling heat mat, but only during the day. I unplug it at night to mimic the outdoor environment that would be in-place if I had planted them outside in the right weather. I also only use my grow-light only during daylight hours. I also use a south facing window. And yes, I use an osculating fan to gently blow over the seedlings to strengthen them.

Lastly, I don’t up-pot them too soon. I let a good root system (not quite a ball) form and then up-pot them. I don’t go big on the first up-potting, I keep it relatively small and up-pot multiple times when the roots need it.

Oh, for tomatoes, I leave room in the pot. I only use about half the soil as normal. Then as the stem grows I gently add more soil till it’s full. I repeat that when I up-pot. Tomatoes love to put out roots from their stem…so I assist with that. For tomatoes you want as much of a root system as possible for growing great tomatoes and keeping the plant healthy. With tomatoes it is about how much water the plant can absorb and use vs how much water you put on them. I water them deep but water only once a day. That makes the roots go deep to keep the water being taken up into the plant.

  • What grow light is that?

The one I’ve been using is an old one, 180watts, 420 LEDs, and full spectrum light. Has done fine. I just set-up a new grow-light this morning. 144 LEDs, 62watts, and full spectrum, different colored LEDs.

The key is not too much light…not too little light. Remember, seedlings in the natural environment would be sprouting in spring. Lower light days with fewer sunlight hours. So you don’t want to overpower your seedlings with the artificial light from a grow-light. The best way to calculate it is with “lumens”. Look up the word if you want…but, it is basically the power/energy delivered to the plant by the grow-light.

So you want at least 2,000 lumens but keep it below 8,000 (or so) lumens. For the most part each “watt” produces about 80 lumens. So this latest grow-light I bought comes in at 4,960 lumens…just about perfect. The old grow-light was “hot” at 14,400 lumens. So the old light had to be kept further away from the plants/seedlings.

At 2,000 lumens about 8” is good. For 14,400 lumens I had it at 24”. I would never put any grow-light closer than 8” to my seedlings. So if I chart it out…

      • 80watts or lower = 12”
      • 80 – 100watts = 15”
      • 100 – 130watts = 18”
      • 130 – 180watts = 24”

But watch your seedlings and adjust as needed. Don’t grow your seedlings too fast…slow, steady, & strong. If the stems are looking too spindly then move the grow-light back a few inches. Experiment…but don’t change things every day. Make a change, give it a few days to make a difference.

Here’s the last one I bought that I am experimenting with:

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Getting the glamstead ready for 2026…

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Garden –

Here it is mid-February and I am pumped! Last week I planted my first seeds; a bunch sprouted within 4 days, even more now 8 days later. I have every variety of tomatoes up and growing…all looking good! Early Girl leading the way but the others are looking good too. My cantaloupe seeds have gone to town! Hale’s Best really looking amazing, but Hearts of Gold showing respectably.

Why start em so soon? Our growing season. We can have a frost as late as last of May, but normally about mid-April. But here is the kicker…we get hot by late-May and boiling in June. Most of the tomatoes kinda back off by then and everything else slows down with the exception of onions and peppers…and of course zucchini. Beans do fine as well, especially the Anasazi beans. So I have to get the tomatoes up and growing early so I am planting mature plants by a safe date in April. Yup, I cover them if a frost is expected.

Fortunately when our rains come in July the temps back off a bit and everything then takes off big time. But by September we could be looking at hail…and frost by late September or early October. I’ve learned that getting seeds in early and caring for them to maturity by mid-April is a must to maximize garden production. Next week I will get some Big Jim peppers seeds going inside. I over-wintered 4 Big Jims for the first time. I will update you on the success of that effort.

About 10 days ago I got the first load of salad greens in a south garden raised bed (12’x3’). I would have planted in a north garden bed but the dirt was still frozen. I checked yesterday and I think it is thawed enough that maybe later this week I can get a round of greens in it as well. The southern bed will be done by late March or early April. The northern bed will last until early – mid-May because it is shaded by the house.

Fresh salad greens are amazing!!!! So much tastier and flavorful than store bought.

Orchard –

I finished up all my tree pruning in January, the trees all look amazing! The older peach and apple trees (4 years old) are full of new growth and their trunks are 4” – 6” in diameter. Yeah, all it takes here is great amended soil and lots and lots of water. Last year I planted two more cherry trees, a date tree, and my favorite…a “fruit cocktail” tree. Yeah, it has 3 separate parts of the same tree; peach, plum, and apricot. For all four new trees I got their outer irrigation ring dug and mulched in…and plumbed.

And for all 14 fruit trees I was able to finally get each one’s entire irrigation ring topped off with wood chips about 3″ – 4” deep. That should really help with water retention and soil temperature control this year.

The cherry tree from two years ago that had half of it die got operated on. In early January I cut off the dead 2nd trunk and sealed the cut face. As of yesterday it looks great with plenty of new growth showing sings of healthy life. I was worried about it…I love Bing sweet cherries and didn’t want to lose two years waiting for a new tree to take its place. Hopefully the two older cherry trees will produce this year. Last year one of the trees produced 4 cherries…yum!! More this year? Keep your fingers crossed.

I am also doing something kinda weird this year in the orchard. Our ground is fine red sand with little, mostly no, organic matter. It has become compacted and doesn’t handle rain well…it runs off for the most part. And since there is virtually no grass, the sun bakes the ground raising the soil temps too much. So, I’ve started covering the ground in between the tree irrigation rings with pine needles about 2” – 4” deep. That should help the soil immensely. Last year I added a soil conditioner (fertilizer & microbes) plus gypsum along with some organic matter and disc’d that in well with the tractor. Then added a bit more organic fertilized and a little more soil conditioner and rotor-tilled that in about 10″ deep. That made a big difference. Hopefully, with that work and the added layer of pine needles the orchard will be a far better environment for the fruit trees.

The one unknown and potential downside to the orchard might be 3 apple trees. I think I wrote about it before. Three years ago a neighbor was planting a large orchard…120 trees. He had 4 leftover apple trees that he gave me. I have no idea what variety they are. I potted one and gave it away a year ago, the other 3 went into the ground. They have done okay, nothing special. No blossoms last year…my trees did super well. So I decided that if these 3 trees show no blossoms this year…they get pulled pulled out next winter and replaced in the spring with new trees from a local nursery.

Pine Meadow(s) –

Our southern pine meadow is doing great! All the trees look healthy and growing nicely. I learned an important lesson…don’t waste time on seedlings. I planted some first and second year seedling trees last year…they look okay…nothing special…very slow growth.

On the other hand, I planted some more mature trees, 2’ – 3’ tall. They look fantastic and are doing really well. So this spring when the northern pine meadow gets planted I will spend the extra money and plant the more mature trees…only 7 of them. The meadows are small.

The new trees will need holes dug and that is always a pain. I wrote about it before…holes are at least 3’ deep and 3’ in diameter…most of the time they are larger. Hopefully the digging will be a bit easier for the new trees since the holes will be in the soil I “built” and filled in last year. Much more organic matter already and not as compacted.

This year I am also going to try and get a layer of pine needles in both meadows as well. But, it is not a high priority…there is always next winter.

The yard –

Wow! The yard is doing great. The grass appears to be not just surviving the winter, but thriving. Even new growth in some areas. Don’t get carried away…it’s not a “lawn”…it’s a yard. There is a difference.

One downside to the yard is the new section I planted last year. I planted it early, mid-March. Then came the winds.

Think of it this way…you know how sand on a beach gets “ripples” in it? Yeah, the same thing happened to a limited degree to the new yard section. So I have to come back this year and do a “leveling” operation on that section to smooth it out a bit. No biggie…I will do that in September.

Why do I have a yard? Primarily to cut down on dust/mud. But also to have an area that I could convert into garden should the need arise for additional food production.

Actually, I am going to confess…I love the green! Yeah, I am a mid-west boy at heart and love seeing the green…and I also enjoy mowing the grass. One more confession…in the summer I like to sit on the deck (west side of the house & shaded) and watch the grass grow in the late afternoon and early evening. Yeah, quiet time just enjoying the property and the quiet.

Berry Patch –

I had to move the blackberry bushes. They got carried away. The grew like crazy and kinda took over the area more than I expected. They even grew so tall they started to shade one of the solar panel arrays.

Last fall I started preparing the transplant soil by adding leftover organic fertilizer and some soil conditioner I had laying around. I also had half of a bale of peat moss leftover. It got all that rotor-tilled in with some compost I sifted out of a pile. I moved 13 blackberry bushes and they look fantastic so far. I even got wood chips around them last week, pine needles this week.

Oh my goodness…the raspberries. So they went berserk as well. My wife started getting worried about too much “bush”…too much possibility of snakes. Over the last 6 years we’ve found 3 rattle snakes in the garden area. She hated all that ground clutter, she hates snakes more.

To cure that I gave way 30 raspberry bushes to neighbors along with about 6 blackberry bushes. That cleaned up the existing berry patch and satisfied my wife’s snake concerns.

One of the side-benefits to the patch clean up…I now have a perfect area to run about 40’ of Anasazi beans in really good soil complete with irrigation already in place. I am hoping that will give us all the Anasazi beans for the entire year now.

New Addition –

Last spring I was down working around our old abandoned, rat-infested mobile home. Yeah, it came with the property and I plan on removing it at some point. But while down there I noticed some spindly bushes with green leaves on them. After a little research I found out they were lilac bushes. They were about 30 years old and hadn’t been cared for over the last 15 – 20 years at all…no watering, nothing.

Obviously they do okay neglected in a very, very dry climate and in poor soil conditions. Then I remembered that at my childhood home we had a beautiful lilac bush. I mean it was full of blooms and colors and the bees loved it. Nostalgia kicked in. So over the last year I watered them every month and added some fertilizer to them as well.

In December I picked a spot in the back yard, directly in line-of-sight of the deck. I rotor-tilled two trenches, amended the soil, flood irrigated the trenches for a week. Then two weeks ago I spent two days transplanting 20 lilac bushes, more watering. Then came the wood chips last week, more watering.

My fingers are crossed that they make the transition and thrive in the new location. I will post pictures…if they do well.

Summary –

There is more going on but that is enough for now. I love this time of year because it makes me busy preparing the glamstead for the coming year. And the results are just the icing on the cake. The work is the blessing in and of itself.

I must admit…sitting on the deck on summer afternoons and evenings is a huge reward and really just amazing for my soul.

I know a lot of the work I am doing I will never see the full results. But it is still worthwhile beyond words. Bringing this land back to life just really makes my heart feel good. You see, about 800 – 1500 years ago this area was alive with people, a village, and a beautiful landscape. They lived their lives, grew their gardens, raised their horses, enjoyed their children, and lived each day simply and naturally. I feel as if I am paying tribute to them in some small way.

There is evidence all around that a people once lived here long ago…and now live here again. It is a weird connection that I struggle to explain. But I will tell you this…it feels good inside…in my heart…in my soul.

Enjoy your week! And I hope you are enjoying this season as well as you prepare your life for the spring ahead.

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