Floods and cold all spring long until the end of June, then baking desert heat and sun until last week...my harvest is pretty much shit. But thanks anyway.
My #3 son, who I don't talk to is a brewer, he started by making mead for renfair in northern California, now him and a few friends have set up a mini brewery in northern Nevada, serving food and drink.
I have tasted some of his brews and they have a nice kick to them.
I am not a beer drinker, never liked it. I will say this however when I lived in California there were places that sold over a hundred different kinds of beer from all over the world, in St Louis you found every kind of beer that Busch made and not much else, here in the Twin Cities you see a lot of Miller products. Now I know there are micro breweries but not being a drinker I can not tell you about them other then this, you will most likely find more brands where you are in Calif then you would find here.
The one beer I found that I did actually like I cant get here, it was Henry Weinhards. I will take a hanks over a bud any day.
As long as we don't have a pink moon everything will be OK.
Moi, here in our part of the country, where it stays green most of the year. Grass never needs to be watered and it stays green we have 4 very real seasons.
Spring 2.5 weeks
Autumn, 2.5 weeks
Summer, 4 months
Winter 7 months.
Autumn is something like spring, something that should be taken in moderation like smoking pot.
Where I'm from in Northern Saskatchewan, we had 7 to 8 months of winter too.
Winter in Northern Saskatchewan starts in late September, but we don't count that. That snow, is just "Fall Snow". Snow you can use a broom to get off your walkways doesn't count.
October. Cold Frozen wasteland. Expect to make your child a Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
November. Extremely cold frozen wasteland.
December. Just as cold as November, but there is more snow. Makes it feel more Christmasy.
January. A lot colder than December. If something is sticking out of your snow-suit, expect it to break off. Most common reasons for going to the doctor in January; 1. Frost-bite 2. broken bones from slipping on the ice.
February. Un-Holy frozen hellscape. If the furnace in your house goes out, you might as well set fire to the building. At least you'll die warm. Common problems in February; Frozen plumbing. (just try peeing into a frozen over toilet.)
March. It still just as cold as ever, but the snow has been replaced with incredible winds that can rip flesh from bones. I've actually heard the weatherman say, "Good news. The -40 degree Celsius weather has ended. It is now a balmy minus thirty. Of course, with the wind chill factor it feels more like minus seventy-two, so don't forget to bundle up." I swear if I ever meet that guy in person I'm going to punch him in the mouth.
April. The winds have died down a bit. It is still twenty degrees below freezing, but you get just enough days of warmth for the snow to briefly melt, then freeze again, making the entire world an awesome skating rink. Not so fun to drive on.
May. Snow in May is the worst. It shows up intermittently, but in huge deposits. It melts fast leaving everything submerged in water. Also, with all the giant snow drifts melting, you finally get to know what happened to your neighbor who went missing back in December. Yes, finding bodies in melting snow drifts is a real thing. I remember one big snow hill I played on as a kid. In the spring I found out one of my neighbors had been buried in it all winter. Creepy. To think I went tobogganing over a dead guy.
June is the first real month of "spring". You might get some snow, but usually melts off, and the warm days make up for it.
July and August are the only real months of summer, and snow is very rare.
September, the snow starts up again, but as I said, we don't count that. Could be, we just psychologically can't accept that winter is starting again.
I live in Victoria now. If I had to face another eight month Saskatchewan winter, I'd snap and run amok with a hammer. Back home, there was really only two seasons. Winter, and not-Winter. I've come to enjoy four distinct seasons. I see why you Americans enjoy them so much.
