May 14th, 2019: Expensive Frost
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It’s been a chilly wet spring here but it’s even colder in France and Italy, which is bad news for the grapes.
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The recent civil insurrections in France have been over the government raising the price of fuel to mitigate climate change. At least that was the excuse, but I didn't hear when the extra money was going. So for French farmers, uh vintners, this is more expensive than ever and polluting too. Quote:
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I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley east of LA and have many memories of smudge pots.
A friend of my mother's grew oranges and avocados in Glendora and Azusa. They are both very frost sensitive and eleven year old me was the perfect 3 AM pot tender. At least later, in high school, I got paid and there had friends who joined in and I wasn't the only stinky kid in class on cold mornings. The row upon row of flames in the misty (smudgy) dark always made me think of camped Roman legions. Any kind of oil was used, with impurities making better smoke. Each pot had a serious dead zone around it and the storage areas were smelly wastelands. After they were replaced by other techniques, the old ones could be seen lined up in dumps of thousands. |
I was shocked, the small round ones are $61, but the 5 footstand up jobs like in the orchards are $836 EACH on Amazon. That adds up when multiple rows stretch to the horizon. :yesnod:
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Reminds me of those little black balls with the flame that the road crews would put out for construction.
Attachment 67789 Jesus, I'm old. Then we'd go home and not use the dial telephone because it was too damn expensive. |
Back in Idaho, long ago, (when I worked for the highway crew), our balls were red and filled with 1/2 gas and half diesel fuel. Hm, maybe thats why they were swollen and on fire. :right:
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Glatt, that's the size that is $61 now. |
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They used to be all the rage before tiki torches, maybe less politically toxic if not environmentally.
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