Tag Archives: weather

Tatooine on Earth – about fog, dew and moisture harvesting (part 1)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Tatooine. An archetypal image for sandy, dry, desert. Like ours, but alien, with strange technology and strange industries. Like moisture farming. Almost the same as here, farming’s easy to imagine happening anywhere, but farming *moisture* is just different enough for … Continue reading →

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Kambarang, Birak and the encroachment of summer

Posted on November 11, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Round about the first of November we had a day with a dry easterly wind blowing. The easterlies bring over the warmth of the inland, but it’s still early in the bright half of the year and the Earth has … Continue reading →

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Firstspring, secondspring, say what?

Posted on August 8, 2013 by tikiwanderer

I’ve used the terms firstspring and secondspring a few times now so I’d better explain. I work with my gardens on the local seasonal pattern, which is a six-season cycle. When I was a wildflower tour guide, the immediate next … Continue reading →

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