Today's been my annual contribution to global warming. Mulch and compost what I can, use the big stuff for camping, burn late in the day all the rest. Later in the day keeps smoke out of the neighborhood, as it drifts downhill with lower temperatures.
Time to get ready for fire season; clean up what you can, fallen pine and oak limbs, leaves and needles. Wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow. the benny is the burn, getting it all disposed of before the onset of fire season. The Sierra Nevada snowpack is 53% of average at the start of April, so we'll be seeing wild flames hereabouts before September is finished.
Hey, after reading the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that was just released, we are in line for drier and hotter conditions with more frequent forest fires. Bummer. We will have to burn under controlled conditions, or be subject to the wild. Our choice.
Today was predicted showers; a good day to burn with an oncoming front to keep conditions moist. I think, at best, there was only a trace of measurable precipitation. It sure didn't affect pile burning. And the rainy season is now about over.
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