first snow and organic gardening

Crested Butte just got its first snow of the season - well actually Treasure and Treasury peaks received an isolated freak storm yesterday, leaving their skyline white as cold be. Talk at social events suddenly turned from biking and climbing to skiing. As much as i love skiing, i'm not quite ready yet, and cannot stop thinking about surfing. Although, i must admit my dreams converted to winter mode last night, yet instead of ripping powder, I was at the Las Vegas ski show for an eternity.

I watched "The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" the other night. It was a facinating account of how Cuba adapted to no longer having fuel imports after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In addition, sanctions were also put in place on oil, food, and medical supplies by countries such as the US, so they were forced to change their whole economy to one of sustainability. It was a facinating glimpse into our near future, as world oil supplies reach their peak sometime between now and 2010. Most interesting was the fact that Cuba's big cities are now able to grow 50% of their own food right in the city boundaries through rooftop and vacant lot organic gardening.

It sure is hard to imagine how we could provide our own food here in Crested Butte, with our frighteningly short growing season and uber cold temperatures. I often wonder where the ultimate living situation will be once oil becomes short and global warming intensifies. So impossible to tell where will be warm enough to grow, yet not too hot, and still have good water supplies. Maybe after all, CB might be just right.