Does anyone have any plans for the coming Ice Age?

[Pecha]

I have some down mittens and in subzero weather, my fingers still manage to get cold after some time. As an alternative to buying chunky overmittens that go over your regular mittens, Zippo makes these hand-warmers that take fuel to run. Depending on how much fuel you add to it, it can last up to 12 hours! Amazon has a sale on these right now:

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I have one already, and am planning to get some more to share. Perhaps once this ice age arrives and my neighbors are forced to relocate, we can have these on hand along with extra fuel, and replacement parts. These don't take up too much space, and the value they can bring could be high!

Here's a video on how these can be used:

I had some trouble interpreting the instructions on the pamphlet they gave

 

[Amor]

I would like to also share some information from two psychics I came across on the Internet. They are both in Polish language, so of little use for those who are not Polish, but they provide quite interesting insights for the immediate future.

One, is an old lady, who travels in her sleep to the future and gives very precise insights into how things will progress. Why I find her interesting is that she insists that our Sun has a twin. She made a nice drawing to show our solar system with 2 suns. She claims that this is what her guides told her. She also sees fire from the sky and small burning fireballs hitting the Ice cap and causing it to melt. She also made a nice drawing to depict it. Most likely she refers to the comet fragments raining on the North Pole. She also describes in a very great detail the pole shift and resulting cataclysms and gives exact instructions what to do in order to survive those cataclysms. She describes vulcanic eruptions all over the globe and resultant air pollution, hurricane winds, massive earthquakes and tsunamis and then rain of fire from the sky. It makes quite a lot of sense and her story is very well aligned with what we know from the C's. But the most intriguing part is one of her dream time travels when she goes to the year 2028 and she says that at that time the Earth or rather human civilization is destroyed, cities are a pile of rubble with very few people surviving here and there and hiding in caves and permeating feeling of hopelessness. So, if this is correct, we may have 8 more years at max before it's all over for this civilization.

The other source is Mr. Jackowski, a prominent Polish psychic with 30 years of track record of correct predictions. He found thousands of bodies of missing people, predicted 9.11, the financial crisis of 2008, shooting down of the Russian military jet in Turkey, not to mention correct weather predictions for upcoming seasons (last 2 years that I follow his channel on YT, he was spot on with his weather predictions). He also likes Putin and considers him a peacemaker. His predictions from the last year regarding 2020 are quite interesting. He predicted in December the escalation of tensions between USA and Iran. He predicted the provocation in regards to the Ukraine plane shot down, he also described precisely how the escalation of the war with Iran will progress and believe it or not, he said the Israel will be destroyed as the result of the Iran tension escalation and it may happen even this current year. So, he is a very good source of short time predictions and I always follow him to see what's in stock for the immediate future. Now, he made 2 quite interesting predictions in regard to Poland in the past 2 years. First one was that he sees Polish people migrating South and he said the safe place for the Polish will be in Hungary and Romania, later adding Bulgaria too. He said he sees highways full of people moving by foot towards these 3 countries. He was not able to say why they move, but pointed out it was related to the air quality and that people could not breath and had to move elsewhere. He described it on 2 separate occasions. My speculation is that this mass migration is related to the return of the Ice Age and breakdown of the weather in Poland forcing people to move by foot to more southern location. Migration by foot suggests either that driving conditions are such that you cannot use the car to move (too much snow?) or the fuel is scarce, or both. Another interesting prediction from the end of September 2019 was made after the elections in Poland. He said that this new government (not really new, since the same party won the election) will only operate 2 year after which it will cease to function. He could not say why, but pointed to some "random external event" as a possible cause. Two years from 2019 is winter of 2021. Why would a government cease to function? Even during war governments function, so this could point to some serious environmental event that completely shuts down the government. The Ice Age rebound fits the bill, since the snow would literally bury the capital and the governmental infrastructure. This timeline fits well with what David D from Adapt2030 predicts as far as what he calls Mini Ice Age return. He shows Zarahova's et al chart of magnetic currents on the sun cancelling themselves out with the peak in 2021. This is when he believes the Mini Ice Age similar to Maunder minimum will start. So, if you consider these 2 sources converging on the specific year, one psychic, one based on the science, we may in fact see the Ice Age rebound in the winter 2021/2022 or at least the beginning of the rebound, which itself may take 2 or more winters. So, my opinion is that already in 2021 will see the return of the Ice Age.

One more prediction I saw was of Baba Wanga (from Bulgaria) for year 2021 and she said in December we would see the 2nd Sun in the sky. Once we see it, the countdown to the cometary bombardment starts, since the 2nd Sun will knock a new cluster of comets towards the inner solar system. But what about the previous comet cluster? It is still lurking in the background somewhere. So, we may have in fact a double whammy, one hit from the old cluster and the other from the new cluster. One way or the other, once we see the 2nd sun, we should know that the end is near.

So, based on these predictions and the recent C's warning, I am of the opinion that the greatest show on Earth will start in 2021 with the rebound of the Ice Age that will set people and nations in motion, followed by the escalation of the war between USAvsRussia+China, followed by the pole shift and destruction of the infrastructure, followed by the comet impact(s) to finish the human civilization off. All happening till 2028.

The next 8 years will surely be an interesting time to live and follow. And when the Wave will arrive in all this chaos is anybody's guess.

So, buckle up guys, the greatest show in the Earth's history is about to begin!!!

Cheers!

Wow. The small comet part got me by surprize because a couple of weeks ago I had a strange cosmic dream. Dream it self was pretty vivid and engaging. I were dreaming that some small mm size stone falling from the night sky hit my face. The hit was so strong that it felt almost physically. When the stone hit me I saw suddenly a vision of aliens landing all over the place. I had strong sense of a cosmic threat and defending my self. Next vision was me and my mother holding some laser weapons or something of that sort and we were shooting at them to defend our selves until they left. The wierd part is that two days later I got sick with some fever. Body temperature was at 38. No sweating or coughing only felt like extreme heat and my whole body aching. Very very unusual. As far as I recall I never had this kind of fever before. I believe it was some virus because I were consuming zinc like candies until i got better. Elderberry helped me very much as well with a little bit of vitamin c.

 

[jess]

About suitable clothing or accessories for extreme cold, last year I found on ebay, these sheepskin caps, they are super warm and do not cause sweating or extreme heat, I think the sheepskin regulates the temperature and you can find them used, in very good price still, but in very good condition.

 

[iamthatis]

8 Plants to Overwinter for Winter and Spring Harvests

Find out which plants can be started now and overwintered for a spring and winter harvest: onions, Brussels sprouts, and more!

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Here's a good article about growing vegetables in the winter - and also seeding certain crops so that they pop up earlier in the spring (overwintering the plants in the soil, tucked into a nice bed of compost).

I remember when I was working on a farm a few years ago - the cabbages were purple and green globes of ice in the morning... but after a few hours of sun, they were perfectly harvestable and edible, and ready for sale.

Some veggies like carrots and brussels sprouts actually taste better in the winter. Kale, that strange creature, can also survive being frozen solid.

Many vegetables are loaded with oxalates, so it is not so good to eat a lot of them. But I think this is still good information, for instance if you're growing greens for your chickens or whatever.

This is also pertinent information for those who live in warmer places that don't customarily freeze - when things do get colder, if you've prepared, you can still have a decent spring crop.

 

[lilies]

Some veggies like carrots and brussels sprouts actually taste better in the winter. Kale, that strange creature, can also survive being frozen solid.

Parsnips - sugary carrots - are aromatic - have awesome fragrance - and give fantastic taste for heavy pig meat soups combined with bone broth. Just one medium size parsnip (cross cut it in at the widest part) into a pressure cooker of soup - then the second parsnip into another, the long pressure cooker session for the broth [always added in only for the last 15 minute veggie cooking section for both broth and soup] - makes it taste so much better. Also creates mouthwatering, aromatic smell in the kitchen. Didn't know they survive winter. Thanks for the info!

 

[Zzartemis]

Winter foraging.
UK and USA:

 

[mugatea]

I had a house fire in July and lost all my food preps and in accommodation while repairs take place.... but hoping it will be all repaired around chistmas. Anyway, in the mean time I've bought a 5kw stove that has a built-in oven which will be installed in two weeks time - I thought that was a cool feature, especially in Europe with fuel prices going up so much and the possibility of blackouts. The top of stove is a hot plate too. £2500 which is not bad.

 

[iamthatis]

Parsnips - sugary carrots - are aromatic - have awesome fragrance - and give fantastic taste for heavy pig meat soups combined with bone broth. Just one medium size parsnip (cross cut it in at the widest part) into a pressure cooker of soup - then the second parsnip into another, the long pressure cooker session for the broth [always added in only for the last 15 minute veggie cooking section for both broth and soup] - makes it taste so much better. Also creates mouthwatering, aromatic smell in the kitchen. Didn't know they survive winter. Thanks for the info!

The learning never ends! With the correct simple technologies and practices it is possible to grow vegetables all winter long. I'm currently going through The Winter Harvest Handbook by the notorious organic farmer Eliot Coleman. In his words - unheated, uninsulated, unbelievable! His method is also inexpensive and simple in comparison to trying to heat a greenhouse.


A good winter harvest requires four things.

Number one is letting go of the ideas that the plants will die due to lack of heat and lack of light.
Number two is double-layer protected cultivation, using what he calls 'cold houses' (as opposed to 'hot houses').

“The traditional winter vegetables will often survive outdoors under a blanket of snow. Since gardeners can’t count on snow, the best substitute is shelter of an unheated greenhouse. Many delicious winter vegetables need only that minimal protection.

Our winter-harvest cold houses are standard, plastic-covered, gothic-style hoop houses. The largest of our houses are 30 feet wide and 96 feet long. They are aligned on an east-west axis. For the most part the cold houses need only a single-layer covering of UV-resistant plastic, whereas heated greenhouses benefit from two layers, which are air-inflated to minimize heat loss.”

“The success of our cold houses seems unlikely in our Zone 5 Maine winters where temperatures can drop to –20°C). But our growing system works because we have learned to augment the climate-tempering effect of the cold house itself by adding a second layer of protection. We place floating row-cover material over the crops inside the greenhouse to create a twice-tempered climate. The soil itself thus becomes our heat-storage medium, as it is in the natural world.

Any type of lightweight floating row cover that allows light, air, and moisture to pass through is suitable for the inner layer material in the cold houses. The row cover is supported by flat-topped wire wickets at a height of about 12 inches (30 cm) above the soil. We space the wickets every 4 feet (120 cm) along the length of 30-inch-wide (75 cm) growing beds.

The protected crops still experience temperatures below freezing, but nowhere near as low or as stressful as they would without the inner layer. For example, when the outdoor temperature drops to –15°F (–26°C), the temperature under the inner layer of the cold house drops only to above zero (–10°C to –8°C) on average. The cold-hardy vegetables are far hardier than growers might imagine and, in our experience, many can easily survive temperatures down to -10°C or lower as long as they are not exposed to the additional stresses of outdoor conditions. The double coverage also increases the relative humidity in the protected area, which offers additional protection against freezing damage. The climate modification achieved by combining inner and outer layers in the cold houses is the technical foundation of our low-input winter-harvest concept.”

Here's a pic of what it looks like:

“The soil under the inner layer of our cold greenhouses experiences no more than light surface freezing even on the coldest nights. That might seem surprising, but it’s not when you recall that our method of twice-tempering the microclimates of the beds gives them the equivalent of a Zone 8 climate. (See the frost-depth map in appendix A.) With the possible exception of one or two days each winter, when an extremely cold night is followed by a heavily clouded day, the soil in the beds is always unfrozen by 10 AM and ready to rake into a fine new seedbed for replanting. ”

This can be done on a smaller scale, too.
If there's good access to horse manure and straw, it's possible to create a hotbed, which was a mainstay in Parisian winter gardening in the 1850's. The bacterial activity generates ample heat, which is kept in by the glass. This technique, and the Parisian indoor winter gardening allowed them to export vegetables to the English all year long.


Number three selecting cold-hardy vegetables (and if one can find cold-hardy varieties within these categories, awesome).

I bolded the ones I'd be likely to grow and eat or sell, with chicory and dandelion for the roots as a coffee substitute when the roots are roasted. The rest could be grown as winter greens for chickens or rabbits.

“The list of cold-hardy vegetables includes the familiar—spinach, chard, carrots, scallions—and the novel—mâche, claytonia, minutina, and arugula. To date there are some thirty different vegetables—arugula, beet greens, broccoli raab, carrots, chard, chicory, claytonia, collards, dandelion, endive, escarole, garlic greens, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mâche, minutina, mizuna, mustard greens, pak choi, parsley, radicchio, radish, scallions, sorrel, spinach, tatsoi, turnips, watercress—which at one time or another we have grown in our winter-harvest greenhouses.”

Succession planting is number four. The goal is to get plants to near maturity before the day length becomes shorter than 10 hours.

"We begin planting the winter-harvest crops on August 1, the start of what we call the “second spring. We continue planting through the fall. The reality of sowing for winter harvest is that the seasons are reversed from the usual spring-planting experience. Day length is contracting rather than expanding; temperatures are becoming cooler rather than warmer. Success in maintaining a continuity of crops for harvest through the winter is a function of understanding the effect of shorter day length and cooler temperatures on increasing the time from sowing to harvest.”

“As we harvest the once-and-done greenhouse crops in November and December (lettuce, radish, turnip, baby pak choi, celery, fennel, scallions), spaces open up and we re-prepare and resow them to crops that will start maturing from mid-February on. Thus by the end of December we have picked all the crops that were sown for fall harvest and have replanted the greenhouses to crops that will be ready for the late-winter/early-spring harvests to come. Our four- to five-week vacation commences at the winter solstice.”

“We aim to harvest at least three crops per year from every square foot of the cold houses—two in winter and one (or more) in summer. A typical rotation in one of the 48-foot cold houses might include a winter-harvested carrot crop followed on March 15 by planting the first of the baby new potatoes. After harvesting the potatoes, we would transplant a summer crop of Charantais melons in late May. After we cleared the melons the house would be planted to a fall-harvested spinach crop. Then in late November we would move the house to cover a later-planted spinach crop for spring harvest.”

'Cool' stuff. Good quote from the book, too -

“What business man, except a soil worker, will ‘stop and talk’ with a stranger? Who but a farmer or fruit grower or gardener will tell of his experience so fully and so freely, and so entirely without hope of gain? Who else will so frankly reveal his business secrets for the benefit of his fellows? Who else so clearly recognizes the fact that the world is large enough for all mankind?”

HENRY DREER
Dreer’s Vegetables Under Glass”

 

[jess]

This video shows the Log Home construction process, from different angles, and another interesting video.

Log Home in the woods build TIMELAPSE

OFF GRID OUTDOOR SHOWER BUILD/ NO PUMPS NO POWER NO PROBLEM!

 

[Lone herbal witch]

About suitable clothing or accessories for extreme cold, last year I found on ebay, these sheepskin caps, they are super warm and do not cause sweating or extreme heat, I think the sheepskin regulates the temperature and you can find them used, in very good price still, but in very good condition.
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If you are adept with needles and threads, you can make your own with a simple pattern
Hood cap for kids: Faux Fur Hood Tutorial + Free Pattern in 6 Sizes!
or for those who enjoy Pinterest: lots of patterns there if you want to enlarge and print out

Aviator hat pattern | Hat patterns to sew, Cap patterns, Sewing patterns

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For those who are thrifty, get some leather from an old coat from a charity shop and if you have an Ikea shop nearby get a large sheep skin that you can cut up. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you can find an old coat with sheep skin inside.

But of course, if you find one cheap that you can purchase right away, so much the better. I made mukluks in the past so i prefer to make my own if necessary.

The point is to choose the right skin and the right kind of fur that won't freeze in the cold. Don't ever choose "fun pile" or imitation fur. These will freeze in lumps and will become useless in really cold weather. If you can find a collar that is real fur: beaver, coyote, rabbit, wolf, foxes, so much the better. No ice will ever form on those furs. Of course, depending on your location, it may become really hard for you to find those items.

Happy hunting!