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  1. Preparing to shut down the garden for summer as temps just hit 110s (after a week of perfect 70s no less). Pulled what corn I could, only four ears matured this season but we'll dry and store it and try again at the end of summer. The squash are still holding on, most of the sunflowers are about ready to cut and bag, and I'll be caging the tomatoes to see if they'll produce through the summer. Our kale is little but I'll be cutting it this week, and there are a few onions to pull and age also. With that, the garden will be just about ready to turn over to the chickens for the season!

    Nopales harvest is officially done: our yield was 14 pounds all said, and I could have cut more while still leaving pads to grow on the cacti, but I maxxed out my capacity for cleaning and preparing them for storage. We gave some away, have some still fresh in the fridge (what we haven't cooked already) and I have 7 quarts of nopalitos fermenting on the shelf.

    It's so odd how inverted our seasons are compared to most of you: as you enter your season of fertility we are mostly shutting down, preparing to rest the land through its harshest months before having another growing season in late summer. Though we aren't done! The mesquite pods come mature around the solstice, and in July or August las tunas (prickly pear fruits) will be ready for harvest also.

    #Gardening #Zone9 #Mojave #Permaculture #Farm #SustainableFarming #IndigenousFoods

  2. Darwin California now wants people as its down to 30 So as part my desert meanderings I have explored the boundaries of NWS China Lake and the northern boundary requires a trip through this city. The people I encountered were hostile and unfriendly and got the curtain moving to peek at me driving through, stuff I last encountered years ago on a Sunday in Utah polygamy territory.

    Its also literally BF Nowhere so what would you be moving there for? #Mojave #desert #dying #ghosttown #travel #Darwin

    sfgate.com/california/article/

  3. Hype for the Future 141B: City of Saint George, Utah

    Overview The City of Saint George is located within Washington County near the southwestern edge of the State of Utah. Within Washington County, the community is identified as home to the Saint George and Red Cliffs Utah Temples, both associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as the Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  4. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  6. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  7. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  8. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  9. Remains of a Hydrogen Research Center in the Mojave Desert. Part of USAF Project Suntan which looked at Hydrogen fuels for the CL-400 (reconnaissance aircraft) a in the mid 50's #abandoned #hydrogen #hydrogenfuel #suntan #usaf #projectsuntan #photography #Mojave #aviation #avgeek #skunkworks #CL400

  10. Hype for the Future 80E: Las Vegas, Nevada 🎰

    Introduction There is perhaps no city more performative than the City of Las Vegas in the southern portion of the modern State of Nevada! Today, Las Vegas is most famous for a strip, the Las Vegas Strip, that is technically not included within the incorporated city but rather in the community known as Paradise. However, a few other distinctions also exist to separate the community from similarly associated communities nearer the coast, particularly Los Angeles or San Diego. Climate Though […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  11. Hype for the Future 80E: Las Vegas, Nevada 🎰

    Introduction There is perhaps no city more performative than the City of Las Vegas in the southern portion of the modern State of Nevada! Today, Las Vegas is most famous for a strip, the Las Vegas Strip, that is technically not included within the incorporated city but rather in the community known as Paradise. However, a few other distinctions also exist to separate the community from similarly associated communities nearer the coast, particularly Los Angeles or San Diego. Climate Though […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  12. Interior bracing of an abandoned wash plant in the R-2508 Sidewinder Low Level Complex (Between Points D and E) Mojave Desert, June 2025 #R2508 #rust #can #churchkey #abandoned #decay #litter #mojave #washplant #cvvhrn #photography

  13. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    I got to visit the real life radiator springs! #cars (4/4)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #LA #mojave #california #roys #royscafe #abandoned #route66

  14. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    I got to visit the real life radiator springs! #cars (3/4)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #LA #mojave #california #roys #royscafe #abandoned #route66

  15. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    I got to visit the real life radiator springs! #cars (2/4)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #LA #mojave #california #roys #royscafe #abandoned #route66

  16. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    I got to visit the real life radiator springs! #cars (1/4)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #LA #mojave #california #roys #royscafe #abandoned #route66

  17. My desert bookshelf. Film and politics collide for one nutty week in my satirical novel, BEER POUR. Abiding love and friendships are revealed in my sophisticated and romantic love triangle story, The Fifth Seduction. #bookshelf #desert #books #Bookstodon #book #beer #politics #fun #travel #travel2025 #beauty #Romance #Storytelling #story #Novels #novel #RusticDesign #Publishing #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #photo #photography #mojave

  18. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    Who would’ve thought the towns from Fallout: New Vegas were both real and more decrepit in real life (1/2)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #california #route66 #fallout #falloutnewvegas #portra400 #mojave

  19. Canon F1 // 50mm F1.4 & 100-300mm F5.6 // Portra 400 & Fuji Color 200

    Who would’ve thought the towns from Fallout: New Vegas were both real and more decrepit in real life (2/2)

    #film #filmphotography #canon #canonf1 #fujifilm #california #route66 #fallout #falloutnewvegas #portra400 #mojave

  20. Two more about China Ranch, the history, and the current shop and bakery. When you walk in the building, you can sample the varieties of dates they grow. All delicious. Then get a date shake or buy their baked goods. I never knew how much I liked dates until yesterday! The history is fascinating! #history #travel #food #date #roadtrip #desert #middleofnowhere #author #authors #mastodon #WritersCoffeeClub #writer #sign #signWriting #delicious #ranch #chinese #historical #mojave #desert #saturday

  21. como los del #desiertodeThar, en #India, o en el desierto de #Mojave, en #California. A esto se le suman los yacimientos de #uranio en los desiertos de #AsiaCentral y #Namibia, fundamentales para la producción de #energíanuclear. En conjunto, estos recursos consolidan a los desiertos como espacios esenciales para el futuro energético y económico del planeta
    Sin embargo, el cambio climático también plantea grandes desafíos para los desiertos, principalmente el avance de la propia desertificación

  22. This is the kind of thing your model detects while conducting #drone/ #ai surveys for the #mojave desert #tortoise in a wildland/urban interface.

    #dronesforgood

  23. Some photos from the #Mojave and #Sonoran deserts a couple Februaries ago. My wife caught Valley Fever out there and was laid out for 3 months afterwards with flesh-eating fungus in her lungs. We watched "The Last of Us" while she recovered. 😵 More pics: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/febr...

  24. Arriving at Badwater after dark is...well, badass, but it also means the sun sets on you in the next valley over. Not that that's anything to fret over, for it too is beautiful. My capture of a specific view of it over the road, "Panamint Dreaming".

    #art #photography #desert #California #MojaveDesert #PanamintValley #road #roadway #highway #sunset #sky #sky #Mojave #beautifullandscape

  25. Please enjoy this recording of my 2023 presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council annual symposium. We've made some improvements since then, but it's still a good introduction to the #mojave #deserttortoise survey method we have developed at Resi.

    #drones #dronesforgood #aiforconservation #ai #computervision

    lnkd.in/ggrcirxm

  26. Ha'Kamwe' Background information from #SacredLand. #NoLithiumMining! #ProtectHaKamwe!

    "Ha’Kamwe’ is a naturally occurring hot spring in the #BigSandyRiver basin where the #Mojave and #Sonoran deserts meet in what is now known as #Arizona. Ha’Kamwe’ is a sacred healing place for the Hualapai Tribe. This important cultural and ecological site is threatened by a proposed #LithiumMine, as a subsidiary of the Australian company Hawkstone Mining Ltd. seeks permission to explore and drill on three sides of the spring, which would destroy cultural sites and block access to the oasis for desert #wildlife. Visiting the site with a reporter from the Phoenix New Times, Hualapai Tribe Director of Natural Resources, Richard Powskey, said, 'This spring is a place for healing and medicine and other things that they have here. Our people are buried all through here. There’s a grave just on the other side of this hill right here.'"

    [...]

    "At a Wikieup community information session in 2021 many of the 100 attendees were concerned that the proposed mine would drain too much water from this already drought-prone area. Caretaker Ivan Bender feels that the waterflow of the well that feeds Ha’Kamwe’ has already decreased due to the company’s drilling. There is a dispute between the company, the Tribe, and local ranchers regarding how shallow the water table is, with those who live in the area concerned that drilling could easily puncture the #aquifer.

    "In the early 2000s a power plant was proposed in the area and though it was never built the Environmental Impact Statement for that project found 'the discharge from Cofer Hot Spring would be reduced, and possibly cease, as a result of groundwater withdrawal from the volcanic aquifer.'

    "The #HulapaiTribe is concerned the proposed lithium exploration activity would deplete the spring as well.

    "In April of 2021 the #Hualapai Tribe passed a resolution against the mine. 'The Hualapai Tribal Council strongly objects to any further permitting of surface or subsurface disturbances within the #SandyValley Lithium mining claim area, which will result in devastating impacts to significant cultural and spiritual resources; will threaten long-term tribal water rights and quality; will cause irreparable harm to the Tribe’s ability to continue cultural activities and to pursue economic development of Cholla Canyon Ranch, and will result in long term ecological destruction of a fragile desert environment, including plant and animal species with cultural significance. Further, should an open pit mine ever be permitted, it would create enormous public health issues caused by pollution, dust, noise, and overall safety concerns caused by having such a mine immediately adjacent to Hualapai land, as well as severe visual impacts.'

    "The Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, an association of 21 tribal governments in Arizona, which provides a forum for tribal governments to advocate for national and regional tribal concerns and to join in united action to address issues, passed a similar resolution.

    "The Hualapai Tribe is demanding that the BLM develop a full Environmental Impact Statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. This would require a thorough examination of issues protected by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. The Tribe asserts that these concerns were not adequately addressed in the published Environmental Assessment: “The BLM’s position as indicated in the EA implies that academically-based western science approaches to research take precedence over traditional #Indigenous knowledge. This position is unacceptable and is not in keeping with the requirement to make a good faith effort to identify cultural resources.'

    "In January 2023, #Earthjustice collected and submitted 31,671 letters demanding the BLM conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement.

    What You Can Do

    "Sign up to support The Campaign to Protect Ha’Kamwe’ and follow the issue."

    Learn more:
    sacredland.org/hakamwe/

    #HulapaiNation #WaterIsLife #DefendTheSacred #NoLithiumMining #HawkstoneMining #ArizonaLithium #WikieupArizona #ProtectTheSacred #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany

  27. Ha'Kamwe' Background information from #SacredLand. #NoLithiumMining! #ProtectHaKamwe!

    "Ha’Kamwe’ is a naturally occurring hot spring in the #BigSandyRiver basin where the #Mojave and #Sonoran deserts meet in what is now known as #Arizona. Ha’Kamwe’ is a sacred healing place for the Hualapai Tribe. This important cultural and ecological site is threatened by a proposed #LithiumMine, as a subsidiary of the Australian company Hawkstone Mining Ltd. seeks permission to explore and drill on three sides of the spring, which would destroy cultural sites and block access to the oasis for desert #wildlife. Visiting the site with a reporter from the Phoenix New Times, Hualapai Tribe Director of Natural Resources, Richard Powskey, said, 'This spring is a place for healing and medicine and other things that they have here. Our people are buried all through here. There’s a grave just on the other side of this hill right here.'"

    [...]

    "At a Wikieup community information session in 2021 many of the 100 attendees were concerned that the proposed mine would drain too much water from this already drought-prone area. Caretaker Ivan Bender feels that the waterflow of the well that feeds Ha’Kamwe’ has already decreased due to the company’s drilling. There is a dispute between the company, the Tribe, and local ranchers regarding how shallow the water table is, with those who live in the area concerned that drilling could easily puncture the #aquifer.

    "In the early 2000s a power plant was proposed in the area and though it was never built the Environmental Impact Statement for that project found 'the discharge from Cofer Hot Spring would be reduced, and possibly cease, as a result of groundwater withdrawal from the volcanic aquifer.'

    "The #HulapaiTribe is concerned the proposed lithium exploration activity would deplete the spring as well.

    "In April of 2021 the #Hualapai Tribe passed a resolution against the mine. 'The Hualapai Tribal Council strongly objects to any further permitting of surface or subsurface disturbances within the #SandyValley Lithium mining claim area, which will result in devastating impacts to significant cultural and spiritual resources; will threaten long-term tribal water rights and quality; will cause irreparable harm to the Tribe’s ability to continue cultural activities and to pursue economic development of Cholla Canyon Ranch, and will result in long term ecological destruction of a fragile desert environment, including plant and animal species with cultural significance. Further, should an open pit mine ever be permitted, it would create enormous public health issues caused by pollution, dust, noise, and overall safety concerns caused by having such a mine immediately adjacent to Hualapai land, as well as severe visual impacts.'

    "The Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, an association of 21 tribal governments in Arizona, which provides a forum for tribal governments to advocate for national and regional tribal concerns and to join in united action to address issues, passed a similar resolution.

    "The Hualapai Tribe is demanding that the BLM develop a full Environmental Impact Statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. This would require a thorough examination of issues protected by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. The Tribe asserts that these concerns were not adequately addressed in the published Environmental Assessment: “The BLM’s position as indicated in the EA implies that academically-based western science approaches to research take precedence over traditional #Indigenous knowledge. This position is unacceptable and is not in keeping with the requirement to make a good faith effort to identify cultural resources.'

    "In January 2023, #Earthjustice collected and submitted 31,671 letters demanding the BLM conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement.

    What You Can Do

    "Sign up to support The Campaign to Protect Ha’Kamwe’ and follow the issue."

    Learn more:
    sacredland.org/hakamwe/

    #HulapaiNation #WaterIsLife #DefendTheSacred #NoLithiumMining #HawkstoneMining #ArizonaLithium #WikieupArizona #ProtectTheSacred #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany